在中国会不会成为“世界工厂”问题上,妄自菲薄的声音甚嚣尘上。在一篇《中国不可能成为世界工厂》的文章中,作者称中国的劳动力“廉而不优”,“我们的人均劳动生产率仅仅是日本的1/26、美国的1/25,单位产品的劳动力成本还高于韩国、匈牙利和墨西哥。” 中国工程院副院长朱高峰最近公开称:“我国制造业虽然名列世界第4位,但总体规模仅相当于美国的1/5,日本的1/4强;制造业的人均劳动生产 Whether China will become a “world factory” or not, the voice of self-inflicted arrogance is very much on the dust. In an article entitled “China Cannot Be a Factory in the World,” the authors claim that China’s labor force is “cheap but not excellent.” "Our per capita labor productivity is only 1/26 of Japan and 1/25 of the United States. Labor costs are still higher than South Korea, Hungary, and Mexico.” Zhu Gaofeng, the vice president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, recently stated publicly: “Our country’s manufacturing industry ranks fourth in the world, but its overall size is only equivalent to one-fifth of the United States, and Japan’s one. /4 strong; manufacturing labor productivity per capita