{"id":13494,"date":"2026-03-25T14:57:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/?post_type=home-beauty&#038;p=13494"},"modified":"2026-03-27T14:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:34:31","slug":"made-in-china-the-reality-behind-the-misconceptions","status":"publish","type":"home-beauty","link":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/home-beauty\/habiter-autrement\/produire-en-chine-la-realite-derriere-les-idees-recues\/","title":{"rendered":"Made in China: The reality behind the stereotypes\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13494\" class=\"elementor elementor-13494\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fea1236 container-space container-space-no-space container-margin-space  container-margin-space-default background-default e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fea1236\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18e7600 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18e7600\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mass production, low prices, variable quality: \u00abMade in China\u00bb is often summed up in these shortcuts, to which are added questions about working conditions and the impact of transport. But these clich\u00e9s no longer suffice to describe the reality on the ground. China has changed its industrial dimension, with more specialized sectors, a move upmarket, demands for traceability and a decarbonization drive. At JJA, we believe in complementary models. We work with industrial partners in Asia, and manage our requirements as close to the field as possible. Here's a look at what the label doesn't say - and at the preconceived ideas that no longer hold true.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8298b4e container-style-centered-container container-space container-space-no-space container-margin-space  container-margin-space-default background-default e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8298b4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bb9137 e-con-full container-space container-space-default container-margin-space  container-margin-space-default background-default e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9bb9137\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdc8766 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cdc8766\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"531\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/entrepot_chine.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13498\" alt=\"Factory in China JJA, employee working on a machine\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/entrepot_chine.png 531w, https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/entrepot_chine-14x12.png 14w, https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/entrepot_chine-301x264.png 301w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9922b2b elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9922b2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>What the label doesn't say<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c232722 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c232722\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saying a product is made in China isn't enough to determine its quality. The label indicates a location. It says nothing, on its own, about the level of standards, controls, or consistency of quality over time. At JJA, we are involved at all levels of production: from design to delivery to our customers, including manufacturing and shipping.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For us, quality is built at every step:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"text-align: justify;\"><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the moment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/home-beauty\/tips-from-the-pros\/from-sketch-to-finished-product-a-designers-vision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">design<\/a> (a beautiful product, but designed to last) ;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the specifications (materials, finishes, tests, safety, compliance); ;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in industrial piloting (controls, progress plans); ;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And in execution, because quality is also reliability (availability, delivery, condition upon receipt).<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other words, quality is managed. And when it's managed, \u00abMade in China\u00bb can cover very different realities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6244ae8 e-con-full container-space container-space-default container-margin-space  container-margin-space-default background-default e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6244ae8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04d421b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04d421b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>An industry that has transformed\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cdcd2e elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2cdcd2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China has established itself as a central player in global production. \u00abThe world's factory\u00bb thus accounts for more than 25 % of global manufacturing. <sup>1<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. But what we are seeing today is a very clear evolution: companies are no longer just looking for mass production capacity. They want to use structured supply chains capable of meeting high standards. This move upmarket is also accompanied, in certain sectors, by a more advanced structuring of environmental standards in factories, driven in particular by the expectations of international customers.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In many sectors, China operates through specialized industrial clusters, where numerous production links and suppliers are concentrated in the same region. This proximity makes it easier to test, correct, and improve products, and to launch large-scale production more quickly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em;\">1<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latribune.fr\/article\/economie\/77942739703315\/la-chine-represente-plus-de-25-de-la-manufacture-mondiale?id=77942739703315\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #0563c1; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\">\u00ab\u00a0La Chine repr\u00e9sente plus de 25\u00a0% de la manufacture mondiale\u00a0\u00bb,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;\"> La Tribune, 01\/14\/26.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07baa9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"07baa9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"933\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Fournisseurs-header-933x696.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-8051\" alt=\"Grand Avenue JJA Factory China\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Fournisseurs-header-933x696.jpg 933w, https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Fournisseurs-header-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bae588d container-style-centered-container e-con-full container-space container-space-default container-margin-space  container-margin-space-default background-default e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bae588d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-538e4aa elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"538e4aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Beyond the location: transparency and field management\u00a0<\/b><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A responsible production chain cannot be managed remotely. That's why we rely on a team present on-site in Shanghai to work as closely as possible to the ground and optimize our ways of collaborating with our partners. It also means we regularly organize visits directly to our suppliers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, proximity alone is not enough: tools are needed to make the process robust and shareable. This is precisely what we are implementing with our supplier portal. It provides access to collaborative tools for sharing technical specifications, managing orders and purchasing forecasts, overseeing relationships via SRM (Supplier Relationship Management), and having operational performance indicators. This logic of transparency also translates into monitoring: to date, 97 % of our purchases are subject to social audits, and 30 % of them to environmental audits.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regarding responsibility, our approach falls within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/our-commitments\/the-good-living-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Good Living Project<\/a>, built around four pillars and implemented through concrete action levers, with a logic of continuous improvement (design, partner selection, manufacturing conditions, transport optimization, sustainable and repairable products).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And to act with precision, we have created <a href=\"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/our-commitments\/the-good-living-score\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Good Living Score<\/a> a tool that measures the environmental and societal impacts of each of our products, certified by AFNOR. Broken down into five levels, from low to high impact, it takes into account the products, their lifespan, repairability, recyclability, working conditions, and transportation impact. This notably avoids a common pitfall: reducing the analysis to solely the issue of transport. Measurement allows for comparison, arbitration, and improvement where the impact is truly significant.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The place of manufacture isn't enough to understand a product's impact. What matters is companies' ability to work with clear conditions and verifiable elements. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e36432 e-con-full container-space container-space-default container-margin-space  container-margin-space-default background-default e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e36432\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-120fc3d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"120fc3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-2026-03-25-144146.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-13500\" alt=\"man operating machine in factory\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-2026-03-25-144146.png 667w, https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-2026-03-25-144146-16x12.png 16w, https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-2026-03-25-144146-459x335.png 459w, https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-2026-03-25-144146-301x220.png 301w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b3e8a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b3e8a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-2026-03-25-143854.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13499\" alt=\"China factory quality control\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-2026-03-25-143854.png 795w, https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-2026-03-25-143854-768x760.png 768w, https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-2026-03-25-143854-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Capture-decran-2026-03-25-143854-301x298.png 301w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-932e5a4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"932e5a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>The hidden side of production: logistics\u00a0<\/b><\/h2><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we talk about \u00abMade in China,\u00bb we first think of manufacturing. But what also matters is the product's arrival: at the right time, in the right place, and in the right condition. This is where logistics becomes decisive. It determines in-store availability, delivery reliability, breakage and quality upon receipt, and the ability to adapt to very different paces, from pallet or container deliveries to individual item shipping for e-commerce. At JJA, this reality is part of our value chain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a world where sales channels are multiplying, this logistical mastery is an integral part of the promise: to transform international production into a truly reliable offering for distributors and consumers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mass production, low prices, variable quality: these shortcuts have long summed up \u00abMade in China.\u00bb And yet...<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"text-align: justify;\"><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>No, the place of manufacture alone does not allow for judgment of quality.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> At JJA, quality is built and managed at every stage \u2014 from design to the specifications in the technical data sheet, through to receiving inspections.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>No, producing in China does not automatically mean <\/b><b>\u00ab\u00a0<\/b><b>affordable\u00a0<\/b><b>\u00bb<\/b><b>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> At JJA, on the contrary, we observe structured supply chains and industrial hubs capable of rapid industrialization and upgrading, as long as the specifications are clear.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>No, producing in China and upholding social and environmental commitments are not contradictory. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At JJA, we combine a field presence with structured monitoring and rely on tools such as The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/our-commitments\/the-good-living-score\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Good Living Score<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00abMade in China\u00bb has a thousand faces. The difference is less about the label than about how a company manages its value chain, its requirements, and its long-term monitoring.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analysis:<br \/>\nA look back at what etiquette doesn't say\u2014and at outdated assumptions.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":13509,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"home-beauty-category":[12,63,88],"class_list":["post-13494","home-beauty","type-home-beauty","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","home-beauty-category-habiter-autrement","home-beauty-category-metier-en-coulisses","home-beauty-category-metier-habiter-autrement"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/home-beauty\/13494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/home-beauty"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/home-beauty"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/home-beauty\/13494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13523,"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/home-beauty\/13494\/revisions\/13523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"home-beauty-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.groupe-jja.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/home-beauty-category?post=13494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}