10.2 Asia's industrial centers

The most significant industrial centers of the Asian continent are located in China, South Korea and Japan. These nations have specialized in the production of machinery, vehicles and electronics.

China is the largest producer of motorized vehicles in the world. Japan and South Korea are among the top five on the same list. In addition, China has already surpassed the United States as the largest industrial nation on the planet.

Due to automatization and the availability of cheap labor, many companies from developed nations have moved a significant portion of their industrial production into Asian developing nations . For example, India contains many significant industrial centers in regions near metropolises such as Mumbai and Delhi. These industrial centers concentrate primarily on producing goods for companies based in other nations.


A large portion of industrial production has moved into developing Asian nations. India.