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CBRE Report Finds China Poised to Drive Global Adoption of Industrial Automation

Los Angeles - Nov. 21, 2016 - China is fast establishing itself as a major purchaser and user of robotic technology to automate more of its manufacturing capacity as its labor force changes, potentially spurring changes for supply chains in Asia and beyond, according to a new report from CBRE Group, Inc.

The Chinese government has enacted policies encouraging the adoption of automated manufacturing as China's workforce gets smaller and relatively more expensive. CBRE's report cites the International Federation of Robotics' projection that China's purchases of multipurpose industrial robots - which amounted to 67,000 in 2015, or a quarter of global sales - will more than double to 150,000 by 2018.


"This is bound to have major implications for the physical supply chain, potentially spurring a new era of modern site selection and design for investors and users in Asia," said Louisa Luo, CBRE Executive Director, Advisory & Transaction Services | Industrial & Logistics, China. "Not only will Chinese industrial facilities undergo substantial modernization, but this evolution of Chinese manufacturing stands to alleviate pressure on trading partners to reroute supply chains due to cost concerns."

CBRE points to several economic and political influences driving China's adoption of industrial automation. First, the retraction of China's manufacturing workforce is gaining momentum, with working adults declining in number by nearly 5 million last year, larger than the previous year's decline of 3.7 million, Chinese government data show.

Second, the manufacturing workforce in China has become more expensive as the country's economy matures and evolves. Labor costs in the manufacturing region along China's coastline grew to the equivalent of 64% of U.S. manufacturing wages last year from 30 percent in 2000. That has made China less competitive in low-cost manufacturing industries with countries such as Vietnam, Bangladesh and India.

In response, Beijing has enacted policies to support its goal of reaching a robot-to-worker ratio of 100 to 10,000 by 2020 in comparison to its current 36 to 10,000, according to CBRE's report. In comparison, the U.S. ratio stands at 164, Japan's at 315 and South Korea's at 478.

That political support, as well as the declining cost of industrial automation technology, positions China to become a leading global adopter of industrial automation.

About CBRE Group, Inc.

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE: CBG), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2015 revenue). The Company has more than 70,000 employees (excluding affiliates), and serves real estate investors and occupiers through more than 400 offices (excluding affiliates) worldwide. CBRE offers a broad range of integrated services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services. Please visit our website at www.cbre.com.

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