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Buick in China

The first Buick model off the line was just thebeginning of General Motors' long march into the Chinese market. A total of23,000 cars rolled out of the factory in 1999. This year, Shanghai GM Buickaims to produce 50,000 cars.

It is interesting to review the longnegotiations with the Chinese government to set up Shanghai GM Buick. Thebiggest issue was who would supply the car parts and how the parts would getfrom the factory to the Buick plant.

A car is made up of more than 30,000 parts.Parts manufacturers in China don't have the technological know-how to make allthe necessary parts. Therefore, at the beginning, about half the necessaryparts will be shipped to Shanghai from North America. These parts are made atGM's Tillsonburg. Ontario facility. The trains carry the parts over 3,000 milesto the Port of Vancouver. From Vancouver, the parts are shipped to Shanghai.All told, the door-to-door delivery time is 17 days. But there may be a 42-daydelay between steel plates leaving the steel works in America and arriving inShanghai. To prevent the long-distance shipping and delay, Shanghai GM Buickhas asked Shanghai Baoshan steelworks to produce plates of similar quality.

"Imported car parts are our biggestheadache," says Jay Hunt, "local suppliers are very responsive."To our surprise, however, the cost of localized production is much higher thanbuying from overseas. The reason is that although labor costs are low in China,wages comprise only 20% of the cost of producing car parts. Small-scaleproduction in China makes production costs very high. The deputy generalmanager, Laurence Zahner said, "Only if the price of domestic parts drops30% shall we be able to qualify for the international market."

Thankfully, a solution has appeared. Foreigncar parts makers are coming to the Yangtse River Delta to set up jointventures. Shanghai GM Buick will depend on those parts makers for car parts.Perhaps the Buick plant will not worry about the agreement with the Chinesepartner any longer. The agreement says that in the first year of production,the Buick plant must have 42% of locally made parts, and in the second year,the locally made parts rise to 60%, and in the third year, 80%.

1. What was the biggest issue in thenegotiation between the Chinese government and General Motors?

A) Annual production of cars.

B) The location of Shanghai GM Buick.

C) Car parts and their shipment.

D) The price of domestic car parts.

2. How many car parts is a car made up of?

A) 23,000

B) 30,000

C) 50,000

D) 62,000

3. Who was the first supplier of the car partsto Shanghai GM Buick?

A) Baosteel steelworks.

B) Joint ventures in China.

C) GM's Tillsonburg.

D) The Buick plant in the Yangtse River Delta.

4. How does Shanghai GM Buick feel about theagreement on localization with Chinese partner?

A) Disappointed.

B) Hesitated.

C) Unhappy.

D) Confident.

5. With foreign car parts makers coming to theYangtse River Delta, how does Shanghai GM Buick feel about the localizedproduction of car parts?

A) The production cost is too high.

B) To carry out the agreement on localizedproduction is impossible.

C) The quality of localized car parts must beimproved.

D) The localization agreement can be carriedout without any problem.

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