Move seen as key to solving labor shortagein province

GUANGZHOU - Guangdong province is considering further raising the rate of minimum wages early next year to help ease the labor shortage in the southern province, a senior local official said.

"We have been conducting research and working out the plans (for the province's minimum monthly salary adjustments) for the provincial government," Ge Guoxing, deputy director-general of Guangdong provincial department of human resources and social security, said at a press conference on Monday.