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1、[财富]美国制造,中国所有!Americanmade...Chineseowned CompaniesfromChinaarespendingbillionstobuildfactoriesintheU.S.--andcreatingnewjobsforAmericanworkers.BySheridanPrasso AboutamilepasttheBountifulBlessingsChurchontheoutskirtsofSpartanburg,S.C.,makearightturn.There,tuckedintoanindustrialc
2、ourtbehindarowofsaplingcherrytreesnotmuchtallerthanIam,pastacompanythatmakesrubberstampsandanotherthatstitcheslogosontocapsandbags,isabrand-newfactory:thestate-of-the-artAmericanYunchengGravureCylinderplant.Duetoopenanydaynow,itwillmakecylindersusedtoprintlabelsliketheonesaroun
3、dplasticsodabottles.ButunlikeitsneighborsinSpartanburg,YunchengisaChinesecompany.IthascometoSouthCarolinabecausebyChinesestandards,Americaisdarncheap.Yes,youreadthatright.ThelandYunchengpurchasedinSpartanburg,at$350,000for6.5acres,costone-fourththepriceoflandbackinShanghaiorDon
4、gguan,agrittycitynearHongKongwherethecompanyalreadyrunsthreeplants.Electricityischeapertoo:Yungchengpaysupto14¢perkilowatt-hourinChinaatpeakusage,andjust4¢inSouthCarolina.Andnobrownoutseither,asporadicprobleminChina.It'struethatAmericanworkersaremuchmoreexpensive,ofcourse,andth
5、eoverallcostofmakingawidgetinChinaremainslower,andperhapsalwayswill.ButforhundredsofChinesecompanieslikeYuncheng,theU.S.hasbecomeabetter,lessexpensiveplacetosetupshop.Itcouldbethebiggestrolereversalsince,well...whenNixonwenttoChina."ThegapbetweenmanufacturingcostsintheU.S.andCh
6、inaisshrinking,"explainsJohnLing,anaturalizedAmericanfromChinawhorunstheSouthCarolinaDepartmentofCommerce'sbusinessrecruitmentofficeinShanghai.LingrecruitedYunchengtoSpartanburg,andotherstoo:Chinesecompanieshaveinvested$280millionandcreatedmorethan1,200jobsinSouthCarolinaalone.
7、Todaysome33Americanstates,ports,andmunicipalitieshavesentrepresentativeslikeLingtoChinatolurejobsoncelosttoChinabacktotheU.S.:Besidesaffordablelandandreliablepower,statesandcitiesareofferingtaxcreditsandotherincentivestowooChinesemanufacturers.Beijing,meanwhile,whichhasmandated
8、thatChinesecompaniesglobalizebyexpandingtokeymarketsar