Cui Shu
In January of this year, a conflict between the Beimoovari conflict caused by the strike of Chinese -funded nickel miners in Indonesia, causing serious consequences of the three people and injuries to multiple people.It has always been mentioned that when it comes to investing in Southeast Asia, the first response of Chinese companies is often "safe"?The "safety" here refers to the "security" of the narrow sense, the "security" of the security level, rather than the "security" in the field of integrated business environment.Because of the shadow caused by the discharge of China in Southeast Asian countries in history, it has always been lingering deep in the hearts of the Chinese.
In fact, in Southeast Asia with rapid economic growth, such as Indonesia and Vietnam, strikes are commonplace, and strikes for Chinese -funded enterprises (including Taiwan -funded enterprises) are even more prominent.Indonesia and Vietnam's current laws of the interests of workers, as well as the powerful power of trade union organizations, provide convenient conditions for workers' strikes.However, the two phenomena worth noting are: 1. Japanese -funded enterprises have laid out in Southeast Asia for many years, and the investment stock is still greater than Chinese -funded enterprises, but the strikes of Japanese -funded enterprises are significantly very small.EssenceHowever, the vicious conflict caused by strikes often occurs in Chinese -funded enterprises.
In this regard, Chinese -funded enterprises must first understand what the root cause of the conflict is, and secondly to find the right medicine and find a way to solve the problem.
At present, the cause of strike is mainly due to local workers' demands on improving the working environment, improving work benefits, and equal pay of the same workers.Similar to the strikes caused by the 2014 Vietnam 513 incident based on the political factors such as the disputes between the two countries, and then developed into a special reason for smashing and snatching Chinese -funded enterprises.However, because there are territorial or territorial disputes in many countries in China and Southeast Asia, such political risks have to be considered.
The most direct reason why Japanese -funded enterprises generally encounter strikes is not the most direct reason is that most Japanese -funded enterprises have done well in terms of employee treatment and guarantee.Taking the Canon and Toshiba Company, which attracted the heated discussion among Chinese netizens, these two old -fashioned Japanese -funded enterprises have significantly surpassed the various compensation amounts of employees when they close the factories in mainland China.Compensation standards.Japanese -funded enterprises also generally give employees more care in Southeast Asia.
In addition, compared with traditional powers such as Europe and the United States, the Chinese embassies and consulates abroad pay attention to the personal and property safety of local Chinese and Chinese personnel.A more universal phenomenon is that when Chinese -funded enterprises or Chinese personnel need to seek the help of the embassy, it is often difficult to contact the embassy and consulate directly. No one answers the external contact call of the consulate, which is not an individual phenomenon.It is more difficult to try to get the assistance of the embassy and consulate.This status quo often makes Chinese -funded enterprises and Chinese people who lack the protection of the mother country when they are in conflict, and will face more unscrupulous attacks on criminals, which will occur more serious consequences than the strike itself.
It is necessary to further propose that China currently lacks legislation in the field of anti -overseas commercial bribery, which has released commercial bribery behaviors that Chinese enterprises, especially state -owned enterprises and state -owned enterprises, and state -owned enterprises overseas.This bribe often arouses the resentment of the people of the country, forming a cognition of Chinese -funded enterprises good at destroying the rules, and seriously affects the image and reputation of Chinese -funded enterprises in their country.This phenomenon is often used by political forces such as the opposition party of the country and even the ruling party.conflict.
China has implemented reform and opening up for more than 40 years, the national economy has developed hugely, and has achieved global leading advantages in many manufacturing fields.This advantage accompanied by Chinese companies to go global, and also benefited from Southeast Asian countries, helping Southeast Asian countries to obtain more technical resources and enhance regional economic strength.At the same time, Chinese -funded enterprises should also fully respect the national conditions of the country and the feelings of the local people, adhere to business rules, and further improve the process of cross -border investment compliance to win market respect.
The author is the founder of Fujian Law Firm China
