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As the most brilliant achievement in Henan investment promotion .
Zhengzhou Foxconn is ushering in a surging public opinion offensive. Up and down, countless pairs of eyes are paying attention to the progress of the Zhengzhou Foxconn incident.
The situation has evolved so far, and many people are clamoring to drive Foxconn out of Zhengzhou. But as Henan mobilizes the whole province to invite VIPs to the Central Plains, Foxconn's status in Henan is beyond the imagination of most people.
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The story of Foxconn and Henan
The story of Foxconn and Henan is going to go back to 2010.
In 2010, many employees jumped off buildings in Foxconn, Shenzhen, affected the world. As the largest OEM factory of Apple mobile phones, Apple CEO O Cook rushed to Foxconn and responded.
Interestingly, Cook only leaked one sentence when he visited Foxconn in Shenzhen: he needed to move the factory closer to the workers' homes. What I mean is that you have to relocate in Shenzhen Foxconn.
Subsequently, Foxconn started industrial migration nationwide.
All regions heard about this plan and rushed to meet Guo Taiming . According to Taiwanese media reports, Terry Gou's home was crowded with mainland provincial and municipal leaders at that time, and provincial visits were common, and municipal stops occurred frequently.
Among them, Sichuan also sent doctors from the Mental Health Center of West China Hospital to Shenzhen to deal with the crisis with Foxconn. The provincial capital Chengdu has established a "Foxconn Working Group" to connect with Foxconn's relocation work.
At the same time, Zhengzhou, Henan is just one of many competitors. But when Apple phones were sold well, Foxconn's production capacity urgently needed to be improved. Terry Gou shouted to leaders from all over the country: Who can find a factory of 100,000 square meters and a dormitory that can accommodate 20,000 people within 20 days?
Zhengzhou, Henan Province took the lead in 16 days and 24 hours a day, successfully completing a 140,000 square meter factory renovation, becoming the winner of the game.
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However, a factory cannot win the heart of Foxconn .
In order to grab Foxconn, Henan gave the green light. Corporate approval, customs filing... The authorities took the process of the process that took only a few hours.
According to Xinhua , in order to bring Foxconn in, Zhengzhou has given the maximum benefits of in terms of land supply, security, taxation, employment services, etc., to .
The most important thing is that Zhengzhou has given a land index of 10 square kilometers to support the construction of Foxconn's project, which is equivalent to one-sixth of the area of Shangjie District in Zhengzhou. As soon as the news of
came out, it quickly attracted the attention of all walks of life in Henan and aroused opposition. In August of that year, a political proposal released by Henan United Front Network had begun to call for the prevention of Foxconn squeezing Zhengzhou's arable land.
This appeal is not unreasonable.
As a major grain province, Henan Province cannot be underestimated.
Before this, Zhengzhou Longzihu University Town had been criticized by senior officials for involving the "rable land red line". In other words, to attract Foxconn to give 10 square kilometers of land, Henan is under great pressure.
This sincerity touched Guo Taiming.
In June 2010, at 35 degrees Celsius, Henan high-rise buildings made a special trip to greet Terry Gou at Xinzheng Airport. Both parties came to the airport new area where the project was located, which was still a wasteland.
2 months later, the Zhengzhou Foxconn project broke ground.
How important is Foxconn to Henan?
In 2009, the total foreign trade export volume of Henan was US$7.346 billion, of which Zhengzhou export volume reached 3.6 billion.
In 2012, after Foxconn was launched, Henan's exports soared to US$51.75 billion, of which Zhengzhou increased to US$20.2 billion. It is also since this year that Henan's total foreign trade exports have ranked first in the central region for 10 consecutive years.
Figure According to the National Economic Strategy
Henan's foreign trade exports can achieve such impressive results, which is inseparable from Foxconn. To this day, Foxconn still accounts for more than 60% of Henan's foreign trade import and export volume.
According to statistics, the total output value of Foxconn's projects in Henan in 2021 reached 440 billion yuan, which is equivalent to the third city of Henan's economy, Nanyang , GDP, one year.
At the same time, Foxconn's significance to Henan is not only economic effect .
Henan is a large population province with a registered population of over 100 million. Between 2000 and 2010, tens of thousands of people were out of the water every year. How to retain the population is a big problem that plagues Henan.
However, the implementation of Foxconn has curbed this wave of population loss. In 2012, Henan's permanent population was 94.06 million, and by 2013, Henan's permanent population had reached 94.13 million, a net increase of 70,000.
Compared with the Henan Liupu data, Henan's permanent population has increased by 25.342 million in the past ten years, which is equivalent to half of the population of Luoyang .
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The reason is not difficult to understand. As the labor-intensive industry , Foxconn itself requires a large number of workers. In addition, Foxconn, as the industry's "chain owner", its arrival has attracted many Taiwanese-funded enterprises. According to statistics, there were more than 2,200 Taiwanese enterprises in Henan in 2021, of which more than 1,000 were affected by Foxconn.
Furthermore, Foxconn, as the chain leader, has led many upstream and downstream companies to invest in Henan.
This has helped Zhengzhou's industrial upgrading.
In 2009, Zhengzhou mainly focused on traditional industries such as textiles, food processing, and automobile manufacturing, and the output value of high-tech was only 3.33 billion yuan.
With the entry of Foxconn, Zhengzhou's industrial upgrading has been significantly accelerated. For example, by 2013, Zhengzhou's high-tech output value had soared to 31.06 billion yuan, and the following year increased to 40.91 billion yuan...
It is not difficult to see that Foxconn has played a positive role in Henan economic development , industrial upgrading, etc. .
Although the Zhengzhou Foxconn incident is heart-warming, the economic, industrial and development significance brought by Foxconn to Henan is unquestionable. The remarks about driving Foxconn out of Zhengzhou are also too extreme.
However, the Zhengzhou Foxconn incident shows that the administrative management and social governance efficiency at Henan and Zhengzhou levels are also effectively improved.
This is not the right governance performance for a major economic province or a megacity.
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