Foxconn to quit building towns around its factories

The Foxconn factory near Shenzhen, which manufactures devices for companies like Apple, Dell or HP, employs around three hundred thousand of people, who live in adjacent campuses, which naturally represent a small town. Terry Gou, the chairman and president of Foxconn, said companies, such as Foxconn, had to build a community from scratch around their factories when they entered China back in the eighties, however, nowadays such social functions have to be returned to the government, reports Financial Times. Apart from dormitories, the campuses also include other facilities, including department stores, sport and leisure facilities and so on.