Adventures to Yiwu and GE
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This week,the BRIC 2014 group went to two major locations: Yiwu and GE. Yiwu is a third tier city located south of Shanghai,and is home to many small commodity factories as well as one of the largest commodity markets in the world. Spending a night there we were able to visit many parts of Yiwu. On the first day,we visited a sock factory,蒙娜。我们参观了工厂，which was made up of over 4,000 sock machines,我们能看到袜子是怎么做的。We also toured their show room,which contained socks for companies like H&M,Puma,Old Navy,还有更多。
The next morning,在回上海之前，we visited the massive commodities market,which contained everything from socks and belts to computers and LED signs. It is so massive that if one were to spend just three minutes in each store,要花一年多的时间。甚至连专门用于一件物品的过道，such as flashlights or showers. It was quite a sight!Unfortunately,然而，because it was a commodities wholesale market,many of us were unable to purchase what we wanted due to the 100 minimum order quantity,as these stores were full of only samples,usually with the factory located just a few blocks away in Yiwu. Overall,制造业城市是我们中国之旅的一大补充。
本周的第二个亮点是参观浦东通用电气科技园，Shanghai. The GE building was very modern and grand,是通用电气维护的五个全球研发基地之一。我们接受了一次校园导游参观，了解了通用电气在中国的丰富历史。事实上，GE has operated in China for more than 100 years,which is older than the current People's Republic of China itself!After our tour,we viewed a presentation about GE's business and how the company was taking advantage of opportunities that arose in the China market.Many of GE's biggest divisions,比如权力，航空业，还有水，充分利用中国日益增长的基础设施和交通需求。Overall,本周的两次活动都让集团了解了更多关于中国的商业机会，both from a small-scale merchant's perspective as well as from a big company's perspective.