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The paper brings attention to the vital phenomenon of China’s factory relocation to Africa, with a special focus on Ethiopia and Rwanda. Though the theme of this paper is a bit novel, numerous pioneering surveys have already been made by numerous scholars on Chinese investment activities in Africa mostly through pains-taking field research looking at Africa as the host continent. As for this paper, its purpose is to specifically focus on the relocation of light manufacturing factories from China to Ethiopia and Rwanda as well as find out if there can be any possible shift from Asian to African Geese formation within the context of flying geese (FG) theory of comparative advantage, a framework that is useful in understanding the concept of “catching-up economy,” relaying as the paper general analytical framework. The paper asks, can the surge in wages in China decisively lead to the relocation of labor-intensive manufacturing firms from China to Ethiopia and Rwanda on a scale substantially sufficient to kick-start their industrialization? Though China’s recently retooled strategy has started to make some impact, the present scope of, and the future prospects for, China’s industrial relocation are still limited and constrained, owing to both African nations and China’s side factors.

China’s Shifting Labour-Intensive Manufacturing Firms to Africa: A Particular Focus on Ethiopia and Rwanda