Thirty Years of Turbulence - Chinese Enterprises

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"Chinese workers regard their work as a right, not an opportunity. Factory managers dare not suppress members of the working class. In such enterprises, workers' identities can be hereditary, and when a worker retires, he or she can send a child to work in the factory. There are more than 2,500 workers in Guilin Silk Factory, and never fired a person.

"Xie Guangzhi, director of the revolutionary committee of this factory, told reporters that last year, more than 85% of the workers in the factory increased their wages by a small amount, which is the first time for many people to increase their wages in ten to twenty years. Since almost all workers increased their wages, the wages did not play a significant role in stimulating the wages. Starting this year, the factory began to give small bonuses to some workers with good labor, with the bonuses in the first quarter not exceeding $1.75."

Finally, Matthews asserted, “This loose work attitude remains a major obstacle to modernization in the world’s most populous country.”