Manufacturing is developing in other parts of China but the Pearl River Delta (Guangdong and the traditionally western- and service-oriented Hong Kong) is, by some margin, the workshop of both China and the world. "Made in China" basically means "Made in the Pearl River Delta" - and this is no accident.

• Official Chinese policy since the late 1970s has been to use the Pearl River Delta to drive China's economic growth.

• As a result of massive investment and captial spending, funnelled through Hong Kong manufacturers, the Pearl River Delta now accounts for upwards of 15 per cent of China's GDP and a third of China's imports and exports.

• And China now manufactures 80 per cent of the world's photocopiers; 70 per cent of its mobile phones; 60 per cent of its digital cameras; 50 per cent of its computers; and, in a single factory in the Pearl River Delta, 40 per cent of the world's microwave ovens.

• Modern China factories, quality raw materials, skilled labour, an established infrastructure and a history of western influence in this region have combined to produce the success of "Made in China" product  - success built on quality.

• TCM is at the heart of China's manufacturing hub, and by choosing a China manufacturer, like us, whose head office is registered in Hong Kong - where the legal system is based on English common law - you gain additional protection. The safe, indeed the sensible, way into China is through a Hong Kong manufacturer.

Manufacturing in the Pearl River Delta through a Hong Kong factory offers additional peace of mind, greater protection and higher quality product. And we have many customers who have capitalised on this.

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