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China has labor surplus in rural and urban areas: minister

Updated: 2011-03-08 11:21

(Xinhua)

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BEIJING - China's human resources minister said Tuesday that China still has labor surplus in urban and rural areas, including 14 million college and high school graduates in cities this year.

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"There is a workforce surplus of about eight million people in rural areas and 24 million urban people waiting to be employed," Yin Weimin, minister of human resources and social security, said at a press conference.

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