Edited and translated by People's Daily Online
China-made products have infiltrated and become an important part of life in the United States. Experts said that cheap but good Chinese products have brought tangible benefits to Americans by giving them more choices and reducing the country’s inflation rate.
Important part of American life
According to Chinese Customs statistics, in 2011, China shipped 324.5 billion U.S. dollars’ worth of goods to the United States, its second largest export market. These goods include mechanical and electrical products, high-tech products, automatic data processing facilities and components, clothing and accessories, shoes, furniture and parts, telephones, yarn and textiles, and plastic products.
The U.S. economic pattern determines its dependence on Chinese products. Economist Qiu Lin said in an article that since the 1980s, the United States has focused on developing high-tech section, and relocated traditional manufacturing, the production process in the high-tech industry, and even part of low-end service jobs to emerging countries on a large scale. Due to economic globalization, China and other developing countries have integrated into the international division of labor and production chain shaped by multinational corporations in developed countries.
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