Since the passive transfer of industries , " that being the case ," through technology to upgrade equipment and technology , by speeding up production automation to increase productivity per unit of labor has become the industry 's choice . These business executives told reporters , "For us an enterprise with thousands of employees , each monthly salary and benefit expenses increased by $ 100, the cost is several million dollars per year or even thousands of yuan , for any company to that is a huge investment, it would be better to put such a high expenditure on upgrading technology and equipment , as long as the one-time investment , the gains will be a steady stream . "

Zhang Li , head of the industry on the proposed hardware industry to the pressure of labor shortage as a driving force to accelerate the completion of the transition from labor-intensive to technology-intensive upgrades. He analyzed that some well-known enterprises in developed countries , relying on advanced equipment and technology, labor efficiency is the Chinese enterprises 2 to 3 times , so even though their labor costs are much higher , but its products in the international market is still competitive . Industry enterprises have also said the development of the industry so far, and then rely on cheap labor in the past , extensive practice of expanding production for profit has gone , to the intensive industry , technology , automation direction.

Zhang Li told reporters , technical upgrading of industries not only based on " machines replace labor " to improve labor productivity , it should be to increase profits by improving product quality and added value , thus enhancing the overall competitiveness of the industry. " Take a shower room industry, for example , the field of architectural hardware industry in recent years through the faucets, showers and related electrical equipment for integrated innovation developed and emerging industries , I go to Europe to study a little, a German production of top steam shower facilities , prices converted into yuan to 200,000 yuan , is several times or even several times the price of similar products . " he went on to say that" the formation of such a huge gap, we not only lose business brand and marketing , branding and marketing despite these produce high value-added reseller channel lies in the hands of foreign countries is no doubt , but I think the most important thing in product quality, stability and durability on foreign equipment 3 years without any problems , our products may be half a year to repair the course longitudinally than our own , the quality of these years the progress is obvious . " Zhang Li finally said , China National Hardware Association will give full play to the industry standards and certification as well as management and technical aspects of the advantages of product quality testing industry to further promote the optimization and upgrading .