Analysis of Competency and Export Mechanism of the Chinese Seaweed to Japan

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  • 中国ワカメ「養殖産業」の競争力と課題
  • 中国ワカメ「養殖産業」の競争力と課題--大連市を事例として
  • チュウゴク ワカメ ヨウショク サンギョウ ノ キョウソウリョク ト カダイ ダイレンシ オ ジレイ ト シテ
  • A Case of Dalian
  • 大連市を事例として

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<p>Compare to Korea, Chinese seaweed products entered the Japanese market later. But export volume expanded rapidly in the last two decades. In 1996, China exceeded Korea in seaweedexport and the Chinese seaweed has accounted for more than 50% market share in Japan. </p><p>There has been a debate that the competitive advantage of Chinese fishery industry is from the cheaper labor. In Chinese seaweed industry, this is also true to some degree. In this report, it discusses the organizing mechanism of the Chinese seaweed from internal organization structure and the relationship between the industrial production chain and the competency of seaweed companies. </p><p>From the perspective of industrial operating chain, this report investigates the operating status, organizing, system and regulations of the Chinese seaweed export industry. The investigation focuses on the city -Dalian, which is one of the main seaweed production bases in China. The companies included in this investigation are state-owned enterprises, collective enterprises, limited enterprises and foreign companies. Through study these four types of enterprises, this report tries to find out the fact of organizing and the source of competitive advantage. </p><p>The investigation results can be summarized as follows: 1. the contracting system and the separation of ownership and management were introduced into the state-owned enterprises in 1984 when the reform policy started; 2. due to the share system experiment and implementation, the employees’ activity and productivity have been improved; 3. the majority of manufacturing materials and equipments are mainly imported from Japan, so the integration of growing seaweed and manufacturing is the unique character of Chinese seaweed companies and industry; 4. for the foreign company, due to the limitation of use of the sea area, the raw material is provided by local seaweed growing plants, so the production chain is like a networks comprised by domestic and foreign companies. </p><p>In a conclusion, the competitive advantage of Chinese seaweed export industry relies not only on the cheaper labor costs, but also on the integration of modern organizing mechanism and advanced manufacturing technology. Actually, this is the key reason for the improved competency of Chinese seaweed industry. </p>

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