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Made in China

July 27, 2010 - 00:00 GMT

KEYWORDS: China , fluorspar , rare earths , export , WTO

Government moves to shift country to a higher value goods supplier

Only a few years ago China was the world’s go-to country for cheap consumer goods and upstream products such as industrial minerals; a trade relationship the country encouraged by undercutting prices and forcing other well-established suppliers out of business. China’s doors were opened wide.

But no longer. The government is keen to rejuvenate its country’s image and slowly but surely China’s industry is swinging from a cash-and-carry, mass supplier, to a conscientious developer of high value goods, such as automobiles and fluorochemicals (see p.38: New dawn for fluorine refrigerants).

One of the latest subtle changes the country has made...

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