It all started with a directive from Deng Xiaoping in the early 80s: China must open its doors to the world. And from that time onwards, especially in the last five to ten years, the world has been pushing and shoving to get in that door.

China’s economy is growing extremely fast, and while some point to the negative aspects of this growth, it is worth noting the enormous progress that has been made in such areas as living conditions, education, and modernization in general. Literally hundreds of millions of people have been lifted out of poverty in a single generation. And if that’s not impressive enough, think of this: within the next twenty years, China’s economy is set to become the largest in the world.

With such enormous growth potential still waiting for someone to “walk through the door”, it’s easy to see why so many people are choosing China as a business partner. Its products are cheap and reliable (Dragon-Exports makes sure they are; we have people at our suppliers’ factories personally inspecting and guiding production), and they are of course produced on time.

China’s capacity for growth has yet to even see the beginnings of a peak; growth in the Middle Kingdom isn’t expected to slow for the foreseeable future, and investment and opportunities are to be had in every province and city.

In the next few weeks Dragon-Exports will be revamping its website; if you have any suggestions or inquiries, we’re always happy to help.

ChrisP.

We have just faced a huge challenge with one of our regular orders. We need to make sure that 100% of the goods are high quality and up to the standards we asked for. Our customer is an old successful company, and their products have high demand on the market and they offer top quality products in the American Continent.

So how could we make sure they would receive the products with the expected quality? If there is a mistake during production, it should be solved immediately and during production. Even with a final inspection, the goods are already finished, and in most cases the buyer can’t wait any longer for the factory to correct those mistakes replacing poor quality goods will cause (1) delay on delivery,(2) double work for the factory, and (3) both sides would be angry without willing to do business again

What did we do? We assigned a Quality Inspector to have an eye on the factory EVERY DAY during production, rejecting the goods our customer wouldn’t accept.
And what did I find the same day we assigned our inspector? That Wal-Mart is doing the same, sending their people to have an eye on the factory, after Mattel’s big scandal, who wouldn’t be afraid?

The factory wasn’t happy with their new “staff member” at first, but after all, we are doing our job, and we are doing it at its best though that might be hard to understand at first, it’s the best solution. Factories should be in charge of their quality, and if they can’t, we are going to give them a hand.

For those of you doing business in China, take extra caution. There a hundreds of excellent suppliers in China but also many that would cut the corners to save some pennies

Talk to you later,

Sergio de Leon