Case 2: Intel: Strategic decisions in locating a new assembly and test plant.
Dalian in China is the most attractive site for Intel to locate Assembly and Test plant in terms of its low-costed workforce and high labor productivity with skilled workers, reliable and qualified power infrastructure, as well as a relatively open environment and the increasingly mature law and regulation.
|Criteria | |
|Power infrastructure (reliability/quality) |Sufficient to meet economic development |
|Water infrastructure (reliability/quality) |Daily water supply: 1.3 million tons |
| |Water rates: $0.4/M3 |
| |Waste water: $0.36/M3 |
|Distribution network |International shipping and logistics hub (Free trade zone) |
|Transportation infrastructure |Airport: 88 routs (17 international) |
| |Roadway: well-linked expressway |
| |Port: strong handling capacity |
|Electricity rate price |$10/kWh (low) |
|Educated workforce |22 colleges and universities |
|Government tax & incentives |Income tax reduction