christmas in china

Christmas in ChinaChina Makes Christmas for Rest of World
Executive Summary about christmas in china by  Lynn Jebbia

China is the world’s biggest manufacturer of Christmas products. Most of it comes from Shenzhen in South China’s Guangdong province.There are over 3,000 factories in Shenzhen producing artificial Christmas trees. Christmas lights, ornaments and Christmas wreaths are also made here. Before 1985 most of these products were mass produced in Taiwan and Hong Kong where the labor was cheap and ports were easily accessible. Taiwan and Hong Kong were not under the strict communist rule of China. By 1985 Taiwan and Hong Kong had developed into huge exporters and their local labor costs had increased. They started looking for a place nearby to ship materials to for assembly by cheaper workers. Consequently, Hong Kong and Taiwanese companies started producing Christmas products in Shenzhen. Worker conditions in these factories are poor. The floors are concrete and little money has been invested into proper work tables, work table height, etc. The plastic material used predominantly is PVC – polyvinyl chloride. Dioxins enter the food chain through air or water and accumulate in fatty tissues of animals and humans where they can cause cancer, damage the immune system and impair children’s development. Over time the lead in the PVC product can disintegrate into lead laced dust.

Most people purchase artificial Christmas trees and wreaths because they make less mess, they’re cheaper over time and convenient. Purchasing fresh Maine balsam fir Christmas wreaths is the environmentally friendly choice and it sure smells a lot better than plastic too.

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