Growing roots along the Silk Road

Lower costs help producers cut expenses as they seek more international sales, reports An Baijie.

Henan Rebecca Hair Products Inc, one of the world's largest wigmakers, is going to set up its fourth overseas plant in Africa next year, said Zheng Youquan, the company's founder and board chairman.

The new factory, to be located in Namibia, will employ about 1,000 workers, more than 95 percent of them local residents, Zheng said.