Have you heard of " smile curve "? So what is the "smile curve"?
"Smile curve" was proposed by Mr. Acer Group founder Shi Zhenrong in 1992.
"Smile curve", as the name implies, is like the curve of a smile with a raised corner of the mouth. It is a U-shaped curve, which is used to express the profitability of each part of the production value chain.
This theory believes that in the global production value chain, the profits of the technology research and development link at the front end of the value chain and the brand marketing link at the end are much higher than the intermediate manufacturing links.
This curve reflects the phenomenon: in the context of globalization, most of the high-profit technology research and development and brand marketing are concentrated in developed countries, while the very low-profit production and assembly manufacturing links are mostly concentrated In developing countries where labor is abundant and cheap, there is a situation in which people in developing countries work hard but are not wealthy.
I used to hear that the money we made from producing 800 million shirts is barely enough to buy a passenger plane.
You might ask how many 800 million shirts are?
I will give you a simple example. We know that there is a very famous poem, "Sit on the ground and travel 80,000 miles a day, patrol the sky and see a thousand rivers in the distance." Eighty thousand li, this is the length of the earth's equator, converted into meters, it is about 40 million meters. We assume that the length of a shirt unfolded is one meter, and the length of the 800 million shirts connected is 800 million meters, which can circle the equator 20 times. This length is more than twice the distance between the earth and the moon.
is a bit unexpected? This is what we have experienced.
With the development of digital technology, big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and other technologies in recent years, many developed countries have begun to intend to move their manufacturing plants back to their home countries.They found that the production costs of some commodities in their home countries are not much different from those in developing countries. The development of science and technology seems to be gradually eliminating the advantages that developing countries have obtained by relying on cheap labor.
The "smile curve" seems to be outdated. Is this really the case?
First of all, we have to understand that what the "smile curve" itself represents is only a way of distribution of profits. In the entire production value chain, profits are distributed in different links.
Although the distribution of profits is restricted by the laws of the market, developed countries with capital and technological advantages obviously have more initiative. Compared with this, developing countries lacking capital and technology are more passive. Obviously not conducive to their own profit distribution plan.
This is why we are hardworking but still not rich.
Why does this happen?
Because developed countries generally developed earlier than developing countries, this formed a first-mover advantage, and then quickly accumulated and established technical barriers, and continued to formulate various rules that are conducive to protecting their interests, for the less advanced developing countries The development of China creates various obstructions and obstacles.
Developed countries can easily gain a dominant position in the globalized market by virtue of the technical barriers they have established and various rules that are favorable to them, and the distribution of profits has naturally become a topic of concern for developed countries.
As a backward developing country, how can we break through the barriers set by developed countries?
It is obvious that the conscience of the developed countries is absolutely impossible to pin their hopes on. No developed country will give up benefits for the sake of kindness and kindness. The way to really break the game should also be found in the developing countries themselves.
Through the development in recent years, we have discovered that, in fact, capital does not have much effect in the global market. The key factor why developed countries can form a monopoly advantage lies in the technical barriers they have built.
The only way to truly break through the obstacles of developed countries is to catch up with and surpass developed countries in technology. Apart from this, there is nothing else.
This is actually the original intention of Mr. Shi Zhenrong's "smile curve" many years ago. If a country wants to truly gain a dominant position in a globalized market,It is necessary to develop from the "smile curve" manufacturing link to technology research and development and brand marketing, and most importantly, technology research and development.
Under all appearances, the development of science and technology is the fundamental.
Talents are the key to the development of science and technology.
High-tech talents will be the most important strategic resource in the 21st century, not one of them.
-Mei Chen has a point of view, and a good conscience is derived from a study of things! follow me!
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