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| Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, November 13, 2001 |
Higher Priority to Be Given to Human Resource |
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As a new member of the World Trade Organization China should give higher priority to human resources as it will soon face stiffer competition globally, Tuesday's Beijing-based Guangming Daily said in a commentary.
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As a new member of the World Trade Organization China should give higher priority to human resources as it will soon face stiffer competition globally, Tuesday's Beijing-based Guangming Daily said in a commentary.
The market-oriented economy has made qualifications even more valuable in the world's most populous country, where there is no shortage of workers.
However, a plentiful work force does not mean a skilled workforce, the commentary pointed out. China's large population just helped boost labor-intensive industry at low cost in the initial phase of reform.
Statistics show that during the last decade, the increased working population of 189 million contained only 3.5 percent with college degrees. More than one third had not even reached the primary technology standard.
The newspaper said the tough issue is the disparity between the ever-growing demand for well-educated personnel and the average low level of education.
The long existing inflexible human resource management system has slowed the pace of personnel reform. Problems such as promotion according to seniority, extreme egalitarianism and restriction of the movement of personnel are thorns on the process.
The newspaper has urged more effective measures to put a high value on qualifications and the encouragement of new ideas.
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