As the world is becoming wary of China’s declining manufacturing
sector, McKinsey & Co has produced a series of analyses examining some of
the challenges and opportunities in innovation, product development, supply
chains and a flexible, non-uniformed growth strategy that may promises to usher
in a new era of manufacturing in China.

Introduction
– video interviews with a panel of Mckinsey partners exploring China’s coming
technology transformation, the challenges facing manufacturers, and an exciting
new wave of innovative enterprise sparked by high mobile penetration and social
media.

“A
New Era of Manufacturing in China” here describes the four challenges
of rising factor costs, consumer sophistication, value-chain complexity and
market volatility and the three imperatives of manufacturing excellence,
looking upstream and taming supply chain complexity in the burgeoning but very diverse
markets in tier-3 and tier-4 cities.

“China’s innovation engine picks up speed”
outlines advances in fields ranging from genomics to mobile apps and the vital
role played by universities and young innovative and entrepreneurial talent. Click here

“Thriving in a ‘PC-plus’ world: An interview
with Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing”  records
how Lenovo is leapfrogging to its next global vision.