Manufacturers in southern China, the much-touted �workshop of the world�, are reporting a growing shortage of migrant labor, a government report said. According to the Labor Ministry, the shortage is caused by rising income levels in rural areas and a resulting unwillingness to take on jobs with poor wages and poor conditions. In recent months, […]
Category: Employment & Education
China's labor pool will grow by 2.8 million university graduates in summer 2004, according to data released by China's Ministry of Education. The number of graduates is up 680,000, or 32% from 2003. China's skilled labor pool has grown significantly in recent years due to an increase in the number of students permitted to attend […]
China's Ministry of Education approved the first Sino-foreign university on the mainland. The school, Ningbo-Nottingham University, will be jointly founded by the UK's University of Nottingham and Zhejiang Wanli University in Ningbo, Zhejiang province. The university is expected to receive investment totaling US$72.3 million. Graduates from the university will be awarded diplomas from the University […]
China's Ministry of Construction announced plans for a nationwide investigation to determine the amount of back pay owed to the country's construction workers. A ministry official told Chinese media that the investigation could be finished by May and local governments would be expected to submit a plan for paying back wages by June. The ministry […]
China's labor market, already suffering from a glut of qualified jobseekers, is preparing to absorb an additional 2.8 million university graduates this spring. In 2003, 2.1 million graduates entered the job market, only 70% of which were able to find employment – generally after lowering their job and salary expectations. A recent study by the […]