Saxophone village plays a new tune

Competitive edge: Saxophone makers say companies without competent technologies will find it difficult to survive.— China Daily/ANN

SIDANGKOUZHONG is a name that is hardly known to the outside world and even most of China. But the nondescript village in Jinghai district of North China’s Tianjin municipality has been thriving thanks to its instrument-making industry, or largely saxophones.

Known as the “Saxophone Village” of China, Sidangkouzhong is now looking to move up the value chain by making more high-end products, amid renewed efforts to sustain its mass production of original entrusted manufacturing through industrial upgrades.