{"id":11690,"date":"2007-03-13T21:47:53","date_gmt":"2007-03-14T04:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/03\/13\/china-says-faces-huge-problem-finding-new-jobs-reuters\/"},"modified":"2007-03-13T21:47:53","modified_gmt":"2007-03-14T04:47:53","slug":"china-says-faces-huge-problem-finding-new-jobs-reuters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/03\/china-says-faces-huge-problem-finding-new-jobs-reuters\/","title":{"rendered":"China Says Faces Huge Problem Finding New Jobs &#8211; Reuters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Reuters:<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/students.php\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/students.php','popup','width=116,height=94,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/students-thumb.jpg\" width=\"116\" height=\"94\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>China faces a huge challenge finding jobs for all its people, especially university graduates, a senior minister said on Tuesday, though he admitted some sectors of the economy faced staff shortages.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Labor and Social Security<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinavitae.com\/vip\/index.php?mode=events&#038;type=cv&#038;id=287\"> Tian Chengping<\/a> said there would be 24 million new urban job-seekers on the market this year, but the government would only be able to find jobs for half of them&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>China&#8217;s registered unemployment rate in urban areas was 4.1 percent at the end of 2006, unchanged from the end of September and down a touch from 4.2 percent at the end of 2005. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/reuters\/world\/international-china-parliament-jobs.html \"target=\"_blank\">[Full Text]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Reuters: China faces a huge challenge finding jobs for all its people, especially university graduates, a senior minister said on Tuesday, though he admitted some sectors of the economy faced staff shortages. 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