China par 2. part II

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

At the end of the lesson you 

Are able to explain the differences between the pearl river delta and the yangste river delta.

Are able to use the terms: 

-low wage country 

- knowledge intensive products and labour intensive products

Explain what a NIC is.

Booming coastal region

1. Pearl River Delta:

+ Hong Kong and Shenzhen

+ the ‘factory’ of China

Some cities are expanding fast because China has opened its borders to foreign companies.

Examples: Shenzhen and Hong Kong

Hong Kong

- Now part of China
- Colony of Britain until 1997 

- 5th place in the top 10 metropolises

Shenzhen

- from fishing village to megacity

- special economic zone (SEZ) area where foreign companies can set up and do not have to pay much tax.

- a lot of labour-intensive production  multinationals

Booming coastal region

2. Yangtze River Delta: 

+ Shanghai

+ the ‘office’ of China many jobs in the 3rd sector world’s biggest port

Intensive

If products require a lot of skills, money, labour or machines we call them intensive.

- Knowledge intensive

- Capital intensive

- Labour intensive

Labour intensive vs Knowledge intensive

1.What products are labour intensive?

2.What products will be knowledge intensive?

3.Why are labour intensive products mainly produced in low wage countries?

Task

Paragraph 5.2: questions 6 to 10

Now you 

Are able to explain the differences between the pearl river delta and the yangste river delta.

Are able to use the terms: 

-low wage country 

- knowledge intensive products and labour intensive products