Bicycles are a common means of transportation, and because of their convenient, green, and healthy characteristics, they are also very common in the mainland. In the childhood memories of the post-80s generation, it is also a very proud thing to have a bicycle at home, which is even more proud than having a car at home now. Many people will have a period of learning to ride a bicycle in the process of growing up, and there are still a few people who cannot ride a bicycle. Even now that the economy is developing, everyone's living standards have been greatly improved, but bicycles have not withdrawn from people's lives. And the manufacture of bicycles is also keeping pace with the times, and there are many bicycle enthusiasts who will also spend high prices to buy their favorite cars.
There are also many bicycle manufacturing enterprises in the mainland, and a large number of bicycles are produced every year to be supplied to the domestic and foreign markets. Because of the health and environmental protection characteristics of bicycles, it is now also a very popular means of transportation, and the mainland has also laid out shared bicycles on a large scale. So the market for bicycles is still very large. You may have the impression that the mainland is a big country in production and manufacturing, and we can completely produce bicycles ourselves.
In fact, what everyone does not know is that some accessories of bicycles also need to be imported. This foreign company only relies on the manufacture of export bicycle parts, and earns 40% of the profits of more than 61 bicycle companies on the mainland. This company is Japan's Shimano.
By exporting bicycle parts alone, Shimano can earn more than half a billion yuan a year, and more than 60 bicycle companies in the mainland have to give up 40 percent of their profits. Although the mainland has a large demand for bicycles and a strong manufacturing capacity, it still has not mastered the core technology. In this case, we can only rely on enterprises in other countries, which is very unfavorable for us. This is also a big disadvantage facing the mainland manufacturing industry, we are just manufacturing, not mastering the core technology.
We can look at the development history of this Japanese company Shimano and learn from the development experience of others. Founded in 1921, it has a long history and began as a small workshop of only 6 people. At that time, bicycles were just beginning to become popular, many people liked it, and the market was just beginning to develop. The establishment of Shimano also seized this opportunity to gradually develop and grow. And in its development process, Shimano is also constantly improving the production level, learning new technologies, controlling product quality, and becoming a leader in the bicycle manufacturing industry, and the Shimano brand has been recognized by consumers.
Scientific research and innovation
However, Shimano has not stopped developing and continues to carry out scientific research and innovation. In keeping with the development of the times, they have developed their own electronic transmissions for use in bicycles. Put it on the bike and the cyclist can adjust the speed of the bike with just a gentle touch. Therefore, it has been welcomed by many consumers. Now that Shimano's branches are distributed all over the world and employ more than 10,000 people, it is no longer the small workshop, it is already a multinational large enterprise. Its products have also been welcomed by consumers around the world, and the products are no longer a single bicycle part, and they have also begun to produce golf products and fishing supplies.
Shimano's bicycle transmission is a product that has forced more than 60 companies in the mainland to split 40% of the profits. It is the core of the variable speed bicycle, and the bicycle manufacturers in the mainland have not mastered this core production technology. Affected by the global epidemic, Shimano is reducing the production of transmissions, which will affect the production of mainland bicycles and the supply of domestic and foreign orders.
There is no mastery of the core technology of transmission
For the sake of long-term development in the future, it is still impossible to be subject to people all the time, and I hope that mainland bicycle companies can carry out technological innovation as soon as possible and master the core technology as soon as possible. Let our Chinese manufacturing be independent and no longer subject to people.