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sunnymaxi said:

Latest update -

for Apple 17 Foxconn's Zhengzhou facility is running near-max capacity with 200k workers in two-shift rotations.

Key signals from the factory floor: - Recruitment bonuses hitting $1,350 (9,800 RMB) - indicating acute labor shortages during ramp-up - 80-90% production line utilization already achieved.

it shows, Apple still heavily relies on sophisticated Chinese workforce and China's manufacturing ecosystem for high end stuffs.

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tphuang said:

I'm not sure this is necessarily a good thing. Foxconn factory running hot means that Luxshare is not getting a larger work share.

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China rises to world's second place in new drug development​

At a press conference on China's healthcare progress from 2021 to 2025, the official also highlighted the country's advances in high-end medical device development.

Breakthroughs include a homegrown photon-counting CT scanner with up to triple the resolution of traditional machines, faster scans, and lower radiation exposure. Domestically developed orthopedic and soft-tissue surgical robots are improving precision and reducing trauma, while ECMO machines, artificial hearts, and proton and heavy-ion therapy systems have also been independently developed and deployed in hospitals.

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