The Chinese economy is changing, the government is emphasizing R&D and high end manufacturing.
As Chinese cities expand dramatically and Chinese people become more prosperous, Britain has the world-class goods and services they need: from healthcare and education to premier luxury brands like Burberry and Paul Smith; from high end manufacturing to our great creative and sporting exports, like the Premier League, James Bond and Downton Abbey.
Among the areas he singled out were biomedicine, energy conservation, information technology and high-end manufacturing.
Few high-end manufacturing firms as yet see emerging Asia as a major threat.
But today its per capita income is just below U.S. levels, built with high-end manufacturing, services and exports.
The forces of globalisation are driving even high-end manufacturing to lower-cost competitors in eastern Europe, China and India.
Bristol is an amazing place with vibrant creative industries, green tech and high-end manufacturing on the doorstep.
The European Commission, the EU's civil service, sees defence firms as important providers of jobs and high-end manufacturing.
Wright said that Labour need to introduce an industrial strategy to create high-end manufacturing jobs in the renewable sector to get the town back on its feet.
No – those countries are becoming our customers… …and we've got to compete with California on innovation; Germany on high-end manufacturing; Asia on finance and technology.
In order to encourage high-end manufacturing, however, the cost of development, design or intellectual property can help qualify certain goods as being made in Hong Kong.
