work and live as an industiral designer in china is much harder than u can image. as manufacturing and labour force in china r in a very low price many chinese local design company r not paid well and most of the time,designers have to work as copycat------that is to say,customers alway tell u what type of product in the market they want and tell u do a little change of it.that’s customer needs and we have to obey. In fact,most of the young generation designs r smart and have our own comprehend in design.but most of our cheerful origenal ideas are remain in skech or rendering phase.no big factory (OEM)can take a risk if they r not sure there is profit.
but everything will be okay, I want some changge and try to jump to some oversea design house and try things in a different way. there r more and more companys/design house founded in shanghai recently. also things will change as china’s economy evolution.