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Opening a Factory

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ID: 1137 Upper Intermediate
Companies live and die by their middle management. Today, let's follow the adventures of a company deciding where in China to set up its newest factory, all in Mandarin. For learning business Chinese, there's no better place than CPod!
Mon Apr 13 2009 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
吩咐 fēnfù to instruct
实地 shídì on-the-spot
考察 kǎochá to investigate
各有利弊 gè yǒu lìbì advantages and disadvantages
今天就到这里，散会！小董，你留一下。
jīntiān jiù dào zhèlǐ ，sànhuì ！Xiǎo Dǒng ，nǐ liú yīxià 。
That's it for today. Meeting dismissed. Xiao Dong, please stay for a bit.
叶总，有什么事吩咐吗？
Yè Zǒng ，yǒu shénme shì fēnfù ma ？
Manager Ye, do you have any instructions for me?
新工厂的事怎么样了？
xīn gōngchǎng de shì zěnmeyàng le ？
What's going on with the new factory?
几处位置，我都做了实地考察，各有利弊。洋山深水港科技园是保税港，地理位置好，而且对高科技产业有政策支持。不过周边行业配套还不健全，我们的生产成本会很高。
jǐ chù wèizhi ，wǒ dōu zuò le shídì kǎochá ，gè yǒu lìbì 。Yángshān shēnshuǐgǎng kējìyuán shì bǎoshuì gǎng ，dìlǐ wèizhì hǎo ，érqiě duì gāokējì chǎnyè yǒu zhèngcè zhīchí 。bùguò zhōubiān hángyè pèitào hái bù jiànquán ，wǒmen de shēngchǎn chéngběn huì hěn gāo 。
I've done on-the-spot inspections of a couple of locations. Each has advantages and disadvantages. The Yangshan Deep-water Harbor Technology Park is a bonded port. Its geographic location is good, and it has policies that support the hi-tech industry. But the nearby infrastructure isn't really complete. Our production costs will be really high.
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