But the plan did not meet the expected response. John Mao of the China Productivity Center suggests that in the past manpower was adequate and factories were unwilling to talk automation. Add to this that many owners built their businesses literally by hand and that it was not easy to communicate the new view, most adopted a wait-and-see attitude.
中國生產力中心自動化處理經理毛敬偉認為，過去人力足，談到自動化，廠商的意願不高，再加上國內中小企業的老闆，多數是以黑手起家，觀念不易溝通，多存著觀望的態度。