近日，外国Quora网站贴出一个问题：Why are "Made in China" products cheaper than "Made in India" products, but the salaries in China are much higher than India?（为什么中国的工资水平比印度高出许多，但中国制造的商品却比印度制造的便宜？），引起了外国网友热议。
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Sthitapragnya Deshpande, worked at China
You are right in that salaries in China are generally higher than in India (see analysis of salaries in China at the bottom of this answer).
A few reasons for the above are
1) Subsidies
(Do you know that made in China items are cheaper outside China - in India and in UK - than in China itself?)
你说得对，中国的工资水平普遍高于印度(见答案底部的中国工资分析)。
上述原因有几个
1)补贴
(你知道中国制造的产品在中国以外——印度和英国——比中国本土更便宜吗?)
2) Low cost of R&D
(In China, these costs are usually footed by the Western company that wanted to initially manufacture these products for cheap). In India, on the other hand, companies try to do their own R&D, which is very holier than thou, fair, but wastes time reinventing the wheel.
2)研发成本低
(在中国，这些成本通常是由西方公司支付的，这些公司想以低价生产这些产品)。另一方面，在印度，公司试图自己搞研发，这更为神圣，公平，但浪费时间。
3)Excess manufacturing -
When manufacturing for a western client (for example: Apple for iphones, or Bose for headphones, Burberry for clothes), most Chinese companies overproduce to address the 5-10% rejection rate. The rejected items are often of good quality, but not to the high specifications that were required (the phone may have a tiny 0.5 mm scratch, its shade of white may be a tad lighter / the headphone jack may be 0.01 mm longer / the dress may have one loose uncut thread at the inner sleeve).
3)制造过剩-
当为西方客户生产产品时(例如:为苹果生产iphone，为Bose生产耳机，为Burberry生产服装)，大多数中国公司为了解决5-10%的退货率而过度生产。验收不合格的商品往往质量也很好，只是没有达到要求的高规格(比如，手机可能有0.5毫米的微小刮痕，白颜色可能有点浅/耳机插口可能长了那么 0.01毫米/裙子的袖子里可能有一条没剪掉的线头。
All of this is then marketed under the Chinese manufacturers name (rationale: after all, it is he who actually made it! The western company only sent the design and specification, who knows who actually designed it... perhaps it was designed by an economically paid person / immigrant from Russia / India / Italy?). hence it is sold for half the cost (the manufacture still makes a profit).
Now multiply the above scenario with a million companies and you have a fair idea of the reason why Made in China products are cheaper than Made in India.
所有这一切都以中国制造商的名义进行销售(理由是:毕竟，是他生产的!)西方公司只发了设计和说明书，谁知道到底是谁设计的…也许它是俄罗斯/印度/意大利的移民设计的?)因此，它被以一半的价格出售(制造商仍然盈利)。
现在，将上述情况乘以100万家公司，你就会明白为什么中国制造的产品比印度制造的便宜了。
The few places in India where we do have this system are the leather goods shops in Dharavi, and clothes sold at Fashion street in Mumbai - however the scale in China is a million times bigger due to the way Chinese people think.
For example: Nike manufacturers much of its sports wear in Bangalore from a small company - that company's loyalty to Nike is high. It does nto market / sell these clothes to anyone in India.
If it were thinking like a Chinese company, that same company would have marketed the rejected clothes in India, two years later it would have terminated the contract with Nike and made the same clothes under its own brand name. two years later, it would have sent its people to Europe - especially to sports meet, looked at clothes made by well established brands, modified them to suit its clientele and marketed a new line - exporting it.
在印度，我们有这种系统的地方不多，只有达拉维的皮具店和孟买的时尚街售卖的衣服——然而，中国人的思维方式使得中国的规模是印度的百万倍。
例如:耐克的许多运动服都是由班加罗尔一家小公司生产的——这家公司对耐克的忠诚度很高。它不会把这些衣服卖给印度的任何人。
如果它像中国公司那么考虑问题，那么这家公司就会在印度销售这些被拒收的服装，两年后，它就会终止与耐克的合同，以自己的品牌生产同样的服装。再过两年，该公司将派遣员工前往欧洲——尤其去参加体育赛事，考察知名品牌的服装，稍加修改以适应其客户，并营销一个新产品线——出口。
Nike of course would have found another manufacturer meanwhile - and the cycle continues. I walk down my local markets and am always stunned by the excellent variety of clothes (Fyi clothes made in India last far longer than Chinese clothes - I still use clothes made by Madura coats, Vimal, Gwalior, and they look first hand. Chinese clothes look better, but last shorter - great for a country where giving employment to more people is far more important than making long lasting products. remember - The latter result in fewer jobs)
与此同时，耐克当然会寻找另一家制造商——而且这种循环还在继续。我走在当地的市场上，总是被琳琅满目的服装(顺便说一句，印度制造的服装比中国制造的要耐穿得多——我仍然会穿Madura coats、Vimal、Gwalior设计的服装，而且它们看起来都是第一手的。)中国的服装看起来更好，但不那么耐穿——对于一个让更多的人就业远比生产耐用品重要得多的国家来说，这很好。记住——后者导致工作机会减少)
Revelation - As for salaries in China -
Average monthly salary of a factory worker (qualification = graduate or lesser) in Guangdong in a factory making cellphones = 4,000 - 6,000 RMB (INR 40,000-60,000).
Average monthly salary of an entry level normal software engineer (not from one of the top colleges) in Shenzen = 20,000 RMB (2 Lakh rupees)
Average monthly salary of a well qualified (IIT level) Chinese software / IT professional in Baidu and similar companies - after working for 5-10 years = 50,000-70,000 RMB (5-7 lakh rupees)
《启示录》——关于中国的薪水——
广东某工厂生产手机的工人(学历=本科或以下)的月平均工资为4000 - 6000元(印度4 -6万)。
深圳普通软件工程师(非名牌院校)平均月薪= 2万元(20万卢比)
在百度及类似公司工作5-10年的中国软件/ IT专业高水平人才（印度理工学院水平）平均月薪= 5-7万人民币(50-70万卢比)
Since we are talking about tier 1 cities in China in the above, we should compare the salaries to cities like Mumbai and Bangalore. You will notice similar trends in smaller cities - for example: comparing salaries in Lucknow and Trivandrum with salaries in Hangzhou.
因为我们在上面讨论的是中国的一线城市，所以我们应该将工资与孟买和班加罗尔等城市进行比较。你会注意到小城市也出现了类似的趋势——例如，把勒克瑙和特里凡德勒姆的工资与杭州的工资进行比较。
Naman Bhalla, I learn something new about China everyday
China's labour force is highly productive. Labour force in China is usually considered as one of the 4 main pillars of Chinese Economy. [An average Chinese Worker's Annual income is about 5 times higher than an average Indian worker, and an Average Indian Worker spends more number of hours in a year working than an average Chinese Worker] You may get an idea about the wage-differential between India and China on this link - China-India Wage Comparison - Asia Business News
Despite a higher salary in China, the Chinese products are cheaper due to economy of scale, better infrastructure to move the products in and out, easier government regulations (a mix of both free market and state controlled economy) , and Special Economic Zones (such as in Shanghai Free Trade Zone). IIM-B published a nice article explaining why are Chinese products cheaper than China. You can access it here Why are Chinese Products Cheaper?
中国的劳动力生产力很高。中国的劳动力通常被认为是中国经济的四大支柱之一。(中国普通工人的年收入比印度普通工人高5倍,印度工人每年工作的时间比中国工人多)你可以通过这个链接了解印度和中国之间的工资差异—中印工资比较—亚洲商业新闻
尽管中国的工资较高，但由于规模经济、更好的商品进出口基础设施、更宽松的政府法规(自由市场和国家控制经济的混合体)以及经济特区(如上海自贸区)，中国产品更便宜。IIM-B发表了一篇很好的文章，解释了为什么中国产品更为便宜。你可以在这里读到，为什么中国产品更便宜?
Shuo Yang, Coding peasant and civil economist
because India's infrastructure is very terrible and India is not business-friendly, which makes manufacturing expensive.
因为印度的基础设施非常糟糕，而且印度对商业不友好，这使得制造业成本很高。
Vdhay Kumar N, B.E Mechanical Engineering & Construction, Bangalore University (2001)
For costing of any product includes design, raw materials, production cost, labour cost, transportation charges finally taxes at various stages.
In countries like india we tax raw materials double/ triple/ quadraple times plus service charges. with transportation the raw materials cost triples again service tax. Best example is oil and gas which doesn't cost beyond 1 Rupee is exaggerated to 72 rupees per liter. The number of hands we change that many times we pay service tax at 18% rate.
Man power is cheap in india as well as china and that is not a big concern as we get more automised rely on workers for quality reduces and rejections also reduce.
任何产品的成本包括设计成本、原材料成本、生产成本、人工成本、运输费用以及各个阶段的税金。
在印度这样的国家，我们对原材料征收双倍/三倍/四倍的税，外加服务费。加上运输成本，原材料成本上升了三倍，还有服务税。最好的例子是成本不到1卢比的石油和天然气，每升价格被夸大到72卢比。我们重复缴纳了多次18%的服务税。
人力资源在印度和中国都很便宜，这并不是一个大问题，因为我们越来越依赖于自动化，这保证了质量，不良率也下降了。
China is a communist country which can impose its will to do on its people and discipline them with law. The mass production system they follow is reducing their cost. Since most companies are government owned even though they don't tax they get hugh profit to refund the government.
chinese government made many trade pacts with different countried to sell their products at lowest prices. And this the main reason for economic slowdown.
Slowing down the productivity will increase the cost of product so they dump every where around the world again and again.
中国是一个国家，可以把自己的意志强加给人民，用法律来约束他们。他们采用的大规模生产系统降低了成本。由于大多数公司都是政府所有的，即使他们不征税，他们也能得到丰厚的利润来偿还政府。
中国制定了许多不同国家的贸易协定，试图以最低的价格出售他们的产品。这是经济放缓的主要原因。
降低生产率会增加产品成本，因此他们会一次又一次地向世界各地倾销产品。
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