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Updated: 2007-07-24 14:25

China's employment situation is still unstable. Although a shortfall in labour supply exists in some coastal provinces, the major problem is still the oversupply, the Economic Information Daily reports.

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Qu Yanli, vice director of the Information Centre of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, says reviewing from the whole country, there is still plenty of surplus labour in rural areas. New labour in the towns, and a large number of laid-off workers, are waiting to be settled in employment.

On the other hand, a shortfall of labour has appeared in some coastal provinces and expanded toward inland regions. However, the shortage is caused by structural shortages, which means the shortage of top-level experts and operational personnel, lack of female workers and enterprises. As well as regional imbalance.

According to Qu, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security will make further labour structural adjustments, including locating labour resources and raising workers' vocational skills through intensified training.