Shanghai to Train More Blue-collar Workers

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Shanghai to Train More Blue-collar Workers

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The eastern industrial hub of Shanghai has vowed to step up training of senior technical workers next year in order to meet the demands of a new round of industrialization triggered by high and new technologies.

Through training, exchanges and apprenticeships, the city aimedto promote the overall quality of technical workers by 2005, when senior workers were expected to make up 15 percent of all workers in Shanghai, said Vice-Mayor Jiang Yiren Thursday.

As part of the plan, Shanghai has set up a technical training service center to design and carry out advanced training programs for blue-collar workers and establish links between senior workersand businesses.

Shanghai's job market has reported a serious shortage of technical workers, particularly those who are well-educated and experienced, who account only for 6.2 percent of all workers but have played a leading role in the city's manufacturing and serviceindustries.

A survey conducted in Shanghai earlier this year showed that experienced technicians in the communications, electronics and auto-making industries and other high and new technology sectors were earning high incomes at about 100,000 yuan (12,048 US dollars)a year, an enviable amount even for many business executives.

Even technicians in some traditional industries -- skilled locksmiths, pattern-makers and oil refinery workers -- could make 70,000 to 80,000 yuan (8,434 to 9,638 US dollars) a year, according to the survey.

Experts predict further rises in blue-collar incomes, social status and overall quality with sustained technological advancement, better working conditions and new concepts in business administration.

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