Foxconn plans to robotize Shenzhen plant

Foxconn Technology Group has halted recruitment at one of its key plants in Shenzhen owing to plans to further automate its production processes. A spokesman for the company, which makes various kinds of Apple products including the iPhone and iPad, said it had been on a steady course for a while to replace manpower with robotic systems. Foxconn operates a network of factories across the Chinese mainland, employing 1.2 million people.

Tianyuandifang: If labor costs continue to rise and Foxconn is forced to replace humans with robots, how does one solve the question of employment for migrant workers? I'm worried.

Jiachen: robots are good. They can work long hours and won't jump to their deaths.

Huarunwanjia: Foxconn chose to use robots not because robots would not jump from the building. It is because robots are more suitable for Foxconn. This is the only way to save itself in the face of rising labor costs on China's mainland.

All the information is from Sina Weibo