Longhua Science and Technology Park
Longhua Science and Technology Park is a technology park in Longhua Town, Shenzhen that is Foxconn's largest factory site worldwide.
Hundreds of thousands of workers (varying counts include 230,000,[1] 300,000,[2] and 450,000[3]) are employed at the site, a walled campus[4] sometimes referred to as “Foxconn City”.[5] Covering about 1.16 square miles (3 square km),[6] it includes 15 factories,[5] worker dormitories, 4 swimming pools,[7] a fire brigade,[4] its own television network (Foxconn TV),[4] and a city centre with a grocery store, bank, restaurants, bookstore, and hospital.[4] While some workers live in surrounding towns and villages, others live and work inside the complex;[8] a quarter of the employees live in the dormitories, and many of them work up to 12 hours a day for 6 days each week.[1]
References
- ^ a b Duhigg, Charles; Keith Bradsher (January 21, 2012). "How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work". New York Times. Retrieved January 24, 2012.
- ^ "Firm Shaken by Suicides". Los Angeles Times. May 26, 2010.
- ^ "Foxcon Plans To Increase China Workforce to 1.3 Million". Focus Taiwan News Channel. 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
- ^ a b c d "The Forbidden City of Terry Gou". The Wall Street Journal. 2007-08-11.
- ^ a b "Suicides at Foxconn: Light and Death". The Economist. May 27, 2010.
- ^ "Foxconn Workers in China Say 'Meaningless' Life Sparks Suicides". BusinessWeek. June 2, 2010.
- ^ "Apple, Dell, and HP comment on suicides as Foxconn CEO shows off the pool". Engadget. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
- ^ "A Night at the Electronics Factory". The New York Times. June 19, 2010.
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