九乡新闻网英语流利说下载:Labour shortage spreads in China
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Feb 13, 2011
Labour shortage spreads in China
A recruiter trying to attract workers outside a railway station in Fuzhou, Fujian province. -- PHOTO: XINHUA
CHONGQING - COASTAL and inland cities in China are fiercely competing to attract migrant workers as the country's labour shortage spreads to less-developed regions.
Employers in the Pearl River Delta region are offering hard cash, year-end bonuses and annual pay rises in a bid to get migrant workers to return after celebrating Chinese New Year.
'They are the kings,' Mainland Headwear Holdings deputy chairman Pauline Ngan told the South China Morning Post. 'They want this and that. If their wishes are not granted, you could be in great trouble.'
With increased opportunities back home, migrant workers, who mostly hail from the less-developed central and western regions, are choosing not to return to the coastal areas.
And the trend is catching on in recent years, exacerbating the squeeze for workers in places like Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai.
Firms in Shanghai have dispatched almost 400 buses to bring in workers from Anhui, Henan and Hubei provinces, reported China Daily yesterday. 'We've received many orders but there aren't enough workers,' Mr Hu Qiubin, a toy company boss in Shanghai, told China Central Television.