China's spent the last decade or so repositioning itself in the global manufacturing chain to be closer to the US's position. ie. using it's manufacturing and logistics experience and capital to create Chinese brands that they can control and be known for. And as a corollary, less of an emphasis on bottom of the barrel manufacturing as a commodity. Essientially they want to be known for brands with higher quality like western brands are, _and_ keep high skill manufacturing like Foxconn, but push out low skill manufacturing to the south China Sea and eventually to along their belt and road initiative (and maybe Africa). They really want no part of low margin manufacturing anymore, having developed enough for it not to be worth it for them.

You can see the main thrust of this initiative under the "Made in China 2025" initiative.