Due to the war in Vietnam and the Great Galactic War, the Novelbastdian-Huaxian Government has declared emergency measures to begin industrialisation of rural regions to increase production of needed materials like steel. In provinces like Tibet and Xinjiang, the terrain made it hard to build workshops and facilities so the provincial governments had to use explosives to clear out area in the mountains and hills to build factories and other infrastructure. Unlike the East, corporations are replaced by cooperatives, syndicates and guilds, where instead of a boss-worker hierarchy, it is a mutual collective effort to increase productivity and profits. Since many companies would have trouble moving into new markets in the west, these worker entities dominate most of the economy in the west alongside small businesses.
Factory Sounds from jetsentouki Song from Danjori