ASEAN Escorts Small And Medium-Sized Shoe Enterprises And Helps The Shoe Industry Development Of Member Countries

It is reported that most ASEAN member countries are developing countries, small and medium-sized Footwear The number of enterprises accounts for more than 90% of the total number of enterprises in all countries. They have played a major role in creating employment opportunities, earning foreign exchange through exports, and contributing to GDP.

By the end of 2011, the total number of small, medium-sized and micro enterprises in Indonesia had reached 52 million, absorbing 97% of the labor force, accounting for 65% of GDP and 70% of total exports; Thailand has 3 million small and medium-sized enterprises, accounting for more than 99% of the total number of enterprises, employing 10.5 million workers, accounting for 78.2% of the total workforce, with an output value of 3.75 trillion baht, accounting for 37.8% of GDP; In Singapore, 6 out of every 10 employees are employed by SMEs, which contribute more than 50% to national economic growth; More than 90% of Vietnam's agricultural enterprises are small and medium-sized enterprises. In labor-intensive industries, SMEs play a more prominent role in "omnipotence". For example, there are 589 garment and shoe manufacturing enterprises in Cambodia at present, with 406000 employees, accounting for 24% of the total employment population. Last year, export earned foreign exchange of 4.3 billion dollars, accounting for 88% of the total export.

At the same time, due to various reasons, SMEs are also "difficult households" in the socio-economic group, facing many difficulties in survival, development, risk resistance and other fields. For many years, helping small and medium-sized enterprises to seek development in their survival and leap forward in development has always been a major issue of common concern to the international community. In this regard, ASEAN countries have made useful attempts and achieved remarkable results.

　　 Policies and measures

In January 2000, Thailand issued its first bill on small and medium-sized enterprises, the "Law on the Promotion of Small and Medium sized Enterprises", marking that the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in Thailand has entered a standardized stage. The Malaysian government proposed to take 6 measures to promote the development of SMEs in its blueprint for SME development from 2012 to 2020. In the adjustment of the traditional industrial structure, the Indonesian government has always attached great importance to supporting the development of private enterprises in the aspects of policies, funds, taxes, domestic market support, and encouraging exports, with particular emphasis on improving the survival and development capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises. Since 2008, the Brunei government has adopted a large-scale and substantial tax reduction plan for small and medium-sized enterprises, with a tax reduction of 4.5% from 2008 to 2009 alone, which has greatly mobilized the investment enthusiasm of small and medium-sized enterprises and foreign companies. In addition, Vietnam recently passed a proposal to cut taxes on small and medium-sized enterprises and enterprises that employ large numbers of employees by 30%.