China’s coastal cities are facing the pressure of a severe labor shortage as the country’s western interior catches up as a magnet for skilled workers.
The situation came to the fore following publication of a survey on Monday showing a shortfall of 123,300 workers in Guangzhou, capital of south China’s Guangdong Province. Eighty percent of the surveyed companies expressed concern about production recovery after the Spring Festival holiday.
Chinese migrant workers traditionally return to their hometowns to mark the lunar New Year and look for new jobs following the holiday. This year, the shortage has been particularly pronounced, according to the Guangzhou Human Resource Market Service Center, the government-led employment agency that conducted the survey.
A similar warning was issued on Tuesday by the Fujian provincial government. Wang Jianmin, deputy chief of the province’s human resources and social security bureau, told Xinhua that the coastal province faces a shortfall of 80,000 labors.
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