SARS Reduces China's Tertiary Industry Employment

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SARS Reduces China's Tertiary Industry Employment

China's tertiary industry employment reduced significantly in the first half year owing to the impact of the SARS epidemic, said China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) here Wednesday.

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China's tertiary industry employment reduced significantly in the first half year owing to the impact of the SARS epidemic, said China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) here Wednesday.

The bureau said the service sector was the most hard-hit among all trades, with 29.4 percent lower employment in the second quarter compared with the first quarter.

Employment in the wholesale and retail business, housing and catering industries and cultural, sports, and entertainment sectors dropped 8.3, 7.8 and 7.7 percent respectively in the second quarter.

Despite the drop of employment, the NBS said the construction and manufacturing trades in the second quarter employed 254,000 and 220,000 more people respectively than in the first quarter so that 64,000 more people were employed in urban areas in the secondquarter.

The bureau also noted that total salaries paid in urban work units nationwide rose 11.6 percent to 678.9 billion yuan (82.1 billion US dollars) in the first half year and the average wage grew 13.4 percent year-on-year to 6,221 yuan (752.2 US dollars).

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