[6] For the last 20 years, western companies have invested mainly in China, drawn in by their low production costs, and enormous domestic consumer markets.
[7] Developing from the overconcentration of business interests in China, it may be done for reasons of cost, safety, or long-term stability.
[13] Multinational corporations have been looking at countries with adequately stable governments such as India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Bangladesh .
[9] However the China Plus One strategy has its own share of difficulties, including navigating new laws, new markets, and streamlining the business over multiple locations.
are also building the base to shift out of China, changing reliance to local vendors for some components; the same is the case for pharma companies[who?].