Based on the latest statistics, it was revealed that Chinese engineers have been working hard when compared to their American counterparts. Because of this dedication to work, many believe that America's tech haven, Silicon Valley, will soon be overtaken by China's tech sanctuary.
While many criticized China's work ethics, especially in the tech industry, it is important to note that it is this hardworking tech worker that help fuel China's ascend towards the tech manufacturing leadership in the world. Many observers have also noted that these very workers will play a vital role in China's vision of boosting the country's economy.
The United States has a tech haven in Silicon Valley, and China is slowly rivaling this fact with its own set of regions devoted majorly towards tech companies and startups. Most notable of these cities are Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen which is widely regarded as China's version of Silicon Valley.
Google China former president Kai Fu Lee said in an interview that people in China are hardworking when compared to their counterpart in America. He also noted how American work ethic ends every six or seven in the evening, and that no meetings are being set on weekends.
Although American observers might view this as unjustified work exploitation, many in the Chinese workforce does not agree. The Chinese culture is built upon the fact that people in China are happy to work hard.
Many analysts have pointed out that this hard-working work ethic is a vital factor that helped drive China's economic boom. This is also the same factor that helped drive Chinese innovation in terms of technological advancements.
It is important to consider China's massive engineering working class, and when it is coupled with the country's hard-working work ethics, many believe that the country can essentially reach the top of the economic food chain in no time at all.
In a series of interviews from Business Insider, it was suggested that China is currently the leading driving force in terms of mobile, e-commerce, and artificial intelligence. It has been criticized for many years that China has been building off other technologies from the West to boost its domestic tech industry, it would appear that the country has found its technology foundation by tapping its domestic talents.
Several types of research have pointed out that while Chinese industries continue to push hard on its working class, this same working class is happy to work hard in order to help achieve a greater China.
