03/31/2011

What’s behind the labor shortage in Guangdong?

Right after the Chinese New Year, labor shortage becomes the hot topic in the Pearl River region. The local news paper(Chinese) shows an official number from the Guangdong Labor and Social Security Department that some 900,000 employees are in short supply. However, the actual gap is said to reach 2 million employees in the whole province of Guangdong.

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2011-3-31 上午11:02:50

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