{
  "id": 18057598,
  "title": "Major PC makers are shifting production back to China as costs rise — HP, Asus among firms moving work in efficiency push",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/major-pc-makers-are-shifting-production-back-to-china-as-costs-rise",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-04T02:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/pro/major-pc-makers-are-shifting-production-back-to-china-as-costs-rise-hp-asus-among-firms-moving-work-in-efficiency-push"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two major PC manufacturers, HP and Asus, are returning some of their PC production from Thailand and Vietnam back to China due to rising AI-driven component costs. This shift is being driven by the need to manage thinner hardware margins in an increasingly expensive manufacturing landscape. Nikkei Asia reported that HP and Asus are working with Chinese assemblers like Luxshare and Huaqin Technology, rather than Taiwan's server-focused Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs), to access cost-effective memory and other components. The move is partly reversing the \"China+1\" strategy that PC makers adopted during the early stages of US-China trade tensions. According to industry sources, the shift is driven by cost pressures and the increasing price of memory, storage, and other components. The shift in production is estimated to reduce the share of notebooks built outside China from 24% to 21% this year, with no sign of cheaper PCs resulting from the move back to China. The trend is also impacting other PC manufacturers, with Dell reportedly evaluating a similar move. This shift in production back to China may bring new dynamics to the market, as Chinese contract manufacturers are positioning themselves to win orders by offering better access to Chinese-made memory chips and competitive pricing.",
  "summary": "Memory and CPUs now make up about 68% of a mainstream laptop's parts bill, and HP and Asus are reportedly heading back to China to claw back savings elsewhere.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}