China Minzhong Food Corporation

industrialized farming need skilled labor, not just any farmer, I believe. plus, industrial farming currently is in Tianjin & Shanghai, so the labor cost is higher in the base.

US$2K/month is not that high, if you are hiring college graduates for industrialized farming.

The picture in the following link looks much better.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/dfpd/tianji...19005.html
走进闽中食用菌种植基地，机器流水线上的菌包制作工人每天装包上千个；采菇工人每天疏菇、采菇上万个；而装袋工人每天的装袋量达到了1吨。日子就在这种简单的周而复始中度过。但是在这里，记者却真切地感受到了他们的幸福。“每个月的工资有2000多块呢。”“现在每个月有了固定的收入，我得给女儿多攒点嫁妆。”在5个小时的体验过程中，面对记者，所有被访者的脸上都洋溢着笑容。“家里盖了新房子，村里的路越修越好，现在我也从一个只会种地的农民变成了有固定收入的人，这日子越来越好，怎么可能不幸福？”在种植基地负责搬运蘑菇的村民左文化说出了自己的心声。

RMB2000 or S$400. A more reasonable salary.

if harvesting is done manually, probably, they would hire contracted workers just for harvest. those contract workers might not be counted as employee.

The same could be true for other labor intensive work.

(19-07-2012, 09:10 AM)yeokiwi Wrote: The picture in the following link looks much better.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/dfpd/tianji...19005.html
走进闽中食用菌种植基地，机器流水线上的菌包制作工人每天装包上千个；采菇工人每天疏菇、采菇上万个；而装袋工人每天的装袋量达到了1吨。日子就在这种简单的周而复始中度过。但是在这里，记者却真切地感受到了他们的幸福。“每个月的工资有2000多块呢。”“现在每个月有了固定的收入，我得给女儿多攒点嫁妆。”在5个小时的体验过程中，面对记者，所有被访者的脸上都洋溢着笑容。“家里盖了新房子，村里的路越修越好，现在我也从一个只会种地的农民变成了有固定收入的人，这日子越来越好，怎么可能不幸福？”在种植基地负责搬运蘑菇的村民左文化说出了自己的心声。

RMB2000 or S$400. A more reasonable salary.

That's a great find. In fact, that "闽中食用菌种植基地" is the Tianjin farm by CMZ - http://www.emushroom.net/news/show.php?itemid=6745

It does make more sense for a RMB2,000 monthly salary - this translate to around US$315. I am comfortable at a US$300 to US$600 range.

So it's either the cost savings or the workers estimation is too optimistic.

(19-07-2012, 08:18 AM)freedom Wrote: industrialized farming need skilled labor, not just any farmer, I believe. plus, industrial farming currently is in Tianjin & Shanghai, so the labor cost is higher in the base.

US$2K/month is not that high, if you are hiring college graduates for industrialized farming.

I know nothing on industrialized farming skilled labor salary, but let me provide info on the skill high-tech worker in 1st tier city e.g. Beijing

Several years ago, the chief engineer in MNC in Beijing was around US$6000, engineers (graduate and post-graduate degree from good university) salary were around US$1000-$1500

They are the "high-income" group base on China national income statistic. So i assume US$2k/month is a bit too high even for graduate/post-graduate major in agriculture.

my 2 cts

(19-07-2012, 08:18 AM)freedom Wrote: industrialized farming need skilled labor, not just any farmer, I believe. plus, industrial farming currently is in Tianjin & Shanghai, so the labor cost is higher in the base.

US$2K/month is not that high, if you are hiring college graduates for industrialized farming.

US$2k is definitely high considering that there is a large pool of undergrads and that average starting salary is only RMB2000 to 3000.

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/...89879.html

(19-07-2012, 09:50 AM)shanrui_91 Wrote:

(19-07-2012, 08:18 AM)freedom Wrote: industrialized farming need skilled labor, not just any farmer, I believe. plus, industrial farming currently is in Tianjin & Shanghai, so the labor cost is higher in the base.

US$2K/month is not that high, if you are hiring college graduates for industrialized farming.

US$2k is definitely high considering that there is a large pool of undergrads and that average starting salary is only RMB2000 to 3000.

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/...89879.html

from what I understand, a good university graduate can easily earn USD2k in any of the major cities as engineer, not fresh though.

Nowadays, in China, there are so many universities. not-so-good university graduates are just equivalent of high-school graduates from last time or even worse.

college education in China is a typical case of quantity over quality.

For City like shanghai, Engineer pay is higher than average taiwan engineer is drawing in taipei.

City Farmer input is something i can align to. To add, if they have experience in MNC experience, PRC engineer or Engr PM may even command higher salary than singaporean. There are shortage of good engineer over there currently.

(19-07-2012, 10:09 AM)corydorus Wrote: For City like shanghai, Engineer pay is higher than average taiwan engineer is drawing in taipei.

City Farmer input is something i can align to. To add, if they have experience in MNC experience, PRC engineer or Engr PM may even command higher salary than singaporean. There are shortage of good engineer over there currently.

Let me add-on base on real recruitment experience in China, but it is limited to my experience.

Shanghai engineer (local or graduate from local good university) demand higher salary, due to their international exposure. 5-10 years relevant engineering experience, will able to demand 15k-30k RMB / month salary, translated to 2.5k-5k US$ / month

There are engineers with higher salary due to niche market. Last experience, FAE manager with cross-region and multicultural exposure in MNC draws millions RMB annual package in Shenzhen.

(19-07-2012, 10:25 AM)CityFarmer Wrote: Shanghai engineer (local or graduate from local good university) demand higher salary, due to their international exposure. 5-10 years relevant engineering experience, will able to demand 15k-30k RMB / month salary, translated to 2.5k-5k US$ / month

May I ask engineer in which field?