There are fewer and fewer people working in Dongguan. Where have all the people who used to work in Dongguan gone?

Most of them went to western and inland cities. For example, many people choose newly developed cities such as Zhejiang and Jiangsu. As a frontier city of China's reform and opening up, a large number of factories entered Dongguan in the early 1990s, most of which were labor-intensive factories, which was very suitable for migrant workers at that time, because the wages of those who entered the factory were very low, ranging from several hundred to several thousand yuan a month, and the living standards at that time were relatively low. So many foreign-funded enterprises like China's cheap labor very much.

Nowadays, with the development of social economy, the higher cost of living forces migrant workers to choose high-paying jobs, which leads to several labor shortages and the rise of basic wages. In the final analysis, in order to adapt to market competition, many foreign-funded enterprises have to move their factories to Southeast Asian countries with relatively low labor costs, resulting in fewer and fewer people working in Dongguan.

At present, Dongguan is facing a situation that a large number of migrant workers have fallen off and it is difficult to attract migrant workers. The lack of labor directly restricts the development of enterprises and leads to the closure of many small and medium-sized enterprises due to poor management. What is even more frightening is that with the development of artificial intelligence, many repetitive and even difficult tasks can be replaced by robotic arms. Robots not only have good performance, but also have low cost.

Therefore, skilled workers who need to control mechanical operation and encourage businessmen will prefer drinking, while many ordinary workers can only find other jobs. Industrial transformation. Traditional industries have declined sharply. Many factories in the industrial zone have been closed or upgraded.