Samsung closes its last Chinese manufacturing plant 三星全面退出中国

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South Korean technology behemoth Samsung Electronics has closed its final smartphone production unit in China, Reuters reported Wednesday, amid rising labor costs and comparatively lackluster economic growth.Samsung's factory in Huizhou
The factory, located in the southern city of Huizhou, followed the shuttering of two other manufacturing bases in Tianjin and Shenzhen last year. It employed 6,000 workers and produced 63 million handsets in 2017, Reuters reported, citing South Korean media.

Samsung has faced an uphill battle in China in recent years as domestic smartphone players have slashed its market share from 15% in 2013 to 1% earlier this year.
Samsung Shut Down The Tianjin Plant last year

The company expects to see a significant decline in earnings during the third quarter, anticipating operating profits of approximately 7.7 trillion South Korean won ($6.4 billion) on consolidated sales of around 62 trillion won, according to a Tuesday company statement. That would represent a 56% fall in operating profit compared with the same quarter last year, according to Caixin calculations.三星全面退出中国！关闭中国最后一家手机工厂三星在中国最后一家手机制造工厂正式关闭。10月2日，三星电子称该公司已停止在中国生产手机产品，原因是来自中国国内竞争对手的竞争日益激烈。这也意味着，三星在中国最后一家位于广东惠州的工厂也已经停工关闭。惠州三星电子为1992年三星最初在华设立的工厂之一， 综合考虑到全球手机市场现况，为提高全球生产运营效率，不得已做出惠州工厂停产的决定。“入华27年来，三星紧随中国政府的产业指导方向，及时调整产业布局以适应中国市场的急速发展和变化，本次惠州工厂的调整是正常的产业调整；三星在华产业布局已经转型为符合中国政府指导方向的高端制造产业，近6年在华高端产业持续投资，金额超200亿美元，远高于产业调整的金额，今后也将持续在华进行高端产业的投资。”三星在一份声明中称。三星称，针对员工安置问题，公司将全力保障员工合法权益，通过分公司转置，再就业支援等各种形式妥善解决，尽可能降低员工损失。三星手机近年在中国国内市场销量不佳，无法给中国工厂提供足够的订单；而中国工厂成本较高无法接到三星其他市场的订单，导致中国工厂处境艰难。去年12月，三星关闭了天津手机工厂。对于关闭天津手机工厂，三星称之主动淘汰落后产能，同时大力加码高新产业领域的投资，新增MLCC（多层陶瓷电容器）和新能源动力电池等高端制造项目。其中，MLCC工厂预计今年底建成，届时天津将成为三星电机在海外主要生产基地之一，为全球范围内的手机、电脑、汽车电子等设备提供基础电子元器件，极大提升天津地区电子产业水平和国际化程度。

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