2021/07/29 Shoes
Taiwan used to be the world's largest shoe manufacturer in the 1980s when Taiwan's economy took off.
After the industry moved out to the present, Taiwanese companies are still the world's shoe giants. About 40 pairs of every 100 pairs of sports shoes in the world are made by Taiwanese companies, mainly in Indonesia, Vietnam and the mainland.
Before the rise of Hon Hai, Lukang's Baocheng Group had 500,000 shoe-making employees worldwide, and it had long been the number one company in Taiwan in terms of number of employees.
The scale of a shoe factory recently built by a shoe factory in Taiwan in Ethiopia, Africa is the largest in the world.
The person attached to the picture is Bakili Muzuli, a well-known former president of Malawi, a landlocked country in southeastern Africa. In 1994, his campaign slogan was to give each Malawian a pair of shoes after he was elected. Malawi now has a population of nearly 20 million.
After he was elected, he broke his promise and refused to deliver shoes. He said plausibly, how do I know the size of all Malawi shoes? The simple recognition of the common people, he was re-elected in 1999 and worked for another five years.
With an average per capita of about US$300, Malawi is the third to sixth poorest country in the world.
There are two Taiwan Chambers of Commerce in Malawi. In addition to working hard to operate their businesses, they provide countless job opportunities and foreign exchange sources, and they are also keen on local charity work to help alleviate poverty. Shi Hongsheng, the honorary president of the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce in Malawi City, is one of the most representative figures.