韩刚，毕业于外交学院英语翻译理论与实践专业，曾以优异成绩考入外交部翻译室接受培训，后调任新闻司担任新闻发言人同传，也是著名的口译教学老师。

东莞两大型制造厂破产，引发忧虑

    Thursday, July 21, 2011

    珠三角制造业中心东莞两家大型工厂近日宣布破产，令外界担心即使是实力强大的企业，可能也无法承受成本上涨和劳动力短缺的双重打击。

    据新华社昨天报道，东莞最资深玩具企业之一素艺玩具公司上周倒闭，拖欠470名工人6月全月和7月上半月工资。200多名工人周二聚集在东莞市政府大楼前示威。

    纺织企业定佳也于上月中旬关门。该公司有2000多雇员。

    《广州日报》报道称，东莞其它工厂的工人也遭遇类似问题。报社的东莞新闻热线收到工厂破产或工人因欠薪举行示威的消息近日激增一倍。不过，大部分倒闭的是中小型企业。

    内地媒体警告说，2008年全球金融危机期间有多家制造商破产。如今像素艺这样的大企业宣布倒闭，显示工厂的处境可能比金融危机时还要艰难。

 

                    Fears for future as factories go bust
        Labour shortages and production costs force two big employers close in Dongguan, as worries mount that SMEs' woes will spread to leading companies

         The recent bankruptcies of two large factories in Dongguan - a manufacturing hub in the Pearl River Delta - has sparked fears that even major players may not be able to withstand the double whammy of rising production costs and labour shortage.

        Dongguan Soyea Toys, one of the oldest toy factories in Dongguan, went bankrupt a week ago, owing its 470 workers their salaries for June and the first half of July, Xinhua reported yesterday. More than 200 of the workers gathered at the gates of the city government compound on Tuesday in protest.

        Dingjia, a textile company that employed more than 2,000 workers, closed in the middle of last month.

        Workers at other factories in the city have encountered similar problems, the Guangzhou Daily reported. It said reports on its Dongguan news hotline about bankruptcies or workers protesting about late payment had doubled recently. However, most companies that went bust were small or medium-sized.

        Mainland media warned that the bankruptcy of large manufacturers like Soyea was a sign that factories could face a harder time than in the global financial crisis of 2008, when several manufacturers went bust. 

 

韩刚口译周末班招生简章