Province plans to train more skilled workers
By Qiu Quanling (China Daily)
Updated: 2004-11-10 22:13

To cope with a shortage of skilled workers, Guangdong Province is planning to establish new training schools.

The province will create 75 schools to train workers in specific areas, 45 will be key national-level schools.

The number of students for majors that are in great demand in these schools is expected to hit 360,000 in the next four years, sources with the Guangdong Provincial Labour and Social Security Bureau said.

"We are making efforts to develop a healthy working and studying environment to train more skilled workers," said Fang Chaogui, director of the bureau.

The province is also considering restructuring the current occupational qualification certificate system, to improve the working environment for skilled workers, Fang said.

For example, college students will be given specialized training that will be able to directly apply for technical qualification certification after graduation, Fang said.

In addition, the province will grant more favourable welfare policies for skilled workers and bring in more such workers from other regions, Fang said.

This South China's business hug has seen rapid economic growth in the country in recent years. A large number of skilled workers is needed to sustain that development.

It is estimated that the province will need 8 million skilled workers by 2005.

However, Guangdong Province is suffering an acute shortage of skilled workers, sources with the bureau said.

At present, there are only about 240,000 senior skilled workers in the province, accounting for 4.3 per cent of the total workforce in the industrial sector.

The rate of such skilled workers in the province is less than in Beijing or Shanghai.

In addition, the province has suffered a shortage of 1.8 million medium-level skilled workers and 1.2 million senior ones from 2001-05.

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