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China Electronics
In 1987 China's electronics industry was about ten to fifteen
years behind those of the industrialized nations. Key problems were
the inability to transfer technology from research to production
and continued reliance on hand labor. Also, impatience to reach
Western standards sometimes proved counterproductive. For example,
instead of buying a complex item such as a microprocessor abroad,
China chose to develop its own, at great expense.
In 1985 the electronics industry consisted of approximately
2,400 enterprises, 100 research institutions, 4 institutes of
higher learning, and 20 secondary vocational schools. The industry
employed some 1.36 million people, including 130,000 technical
personnel. Besides the approximately 2,000 types of electronic
components and large-scale integrated circuits produced by the
industry, it made 400 varieties of electronic machinery, including
electronic computers, television broadcast transmitters and
receivers, and radar and communications equipment. In the 1980s
China made great strides in the production of consumer electronic
products such as televisions, radios, and tape recorders.
Data as of July 1987
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