Category: Employment & Education

China's migrant workers are becoming an "urban underclass," due to economic exploitation and residency rules that deny them access to medical, housing and education benefits, according to a report released by Amnesty International, AP reported. Workers from China's rural areas are forced to work overtime and are fined for being late or not meeting production […]

Competition in the mainland job market is expected to intensify, with projections that another 10 million people will be jobless by 2010, the South China Morning Post reported. Labor and Social Security Minister Tian Chengping said that excess labor and structural unemployment are serious problems and that the labor market requires more regulation. The labor […]

Guangdong's labor shortage is expected to increase in 2007 as more migrant workers leave the province due to poor working conditions and low wages, the South China Morning Post reported. Local labor officials estimate that Guangdong's demand for skilled workers will increase 20% this year and the number of ordinary workers needed will rise by […]

China's wealth gap is widening, creating an "alarming" situation, the National Development and Reform Commission said in a report carried by state media Wednesday. Urban Chinese earned 3.2 times more than their rural counterparts. The gap is much wider at the top. Among urbanites, the wealthiest 10% had income 9.2 times greater than the bottom […]