A large-scale protest broke out on the premises of Samsung Heavy Industries Ningbo (SHI Ningbo) on Sept. 9. Around 1,500 local employees demanded better compensation schemes after the company announced plans to close its plant in Ningbo city, south of Shanghai. The company issued a letter on Sept. 10, stating that all employees would be terminated. SHI is moving equipment and products from Ningbo to its Rongcheng plant in China’s eastern province of Shandong. The Rongcheng plant will be the company’s only shipbuilding factory in China. A document released by the local government, which was later taken down, revealed that the Beilun district government of Ningbo took back 194 acres of land that was leased to SHI Ningbo. It said the move was part of the local government’s plan for industrial renewal, which would bring in more profitable businesses into the city’s industrial parks. Ningbo is the second-largest city in China’s eastern province of Zhejiang. Several …