Nation faces grim job situation
By Li Fangchao (China Daily)Updated: 2007-03-14 08:39
China faces a major challenge in meeting its goal of creating 9 million jobs
this year, a senior official admitted yesterday.
"Based on the current employment situation, the country
faces huge job pressure and a grim market in the coming few years," Tian
Chengping, minister of labor and social security, said on the sidelines of the
ongoing session of the National People's Congress.
 A crowded job fair in Guangzhou on December 5, 2006. China faces a major challenge in meeting its goal of creating 9 million jobs this year, Tian Chengping, minister of labor and social security, said on the sidelines of the ongoing session of the National People's Congress. [newsphoto] |
The continuing reform of State-owned enterprises will create a huge number of laid-off workers, who will find it difficult to find new jobs, he said.
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