Technical Workers in Great Demand

The Labor and Social Security Ministry conducted a survey on 81 labor markets across China in the second quarter of this year, the results of which showed that the demand for technical workers, especially those of middle and senior titles, far outnumbers the supply.The survey shows that the demand/supply     

WEEKLY WATCH

OPINION Independent Survey Needed It was recently revealed that the results of a public opinion survey on local economic and social development in Qidong City,east China's Jiangsu Province,was manipulated.According to a report by national broad-caster China National Radio,local people     

Intelligent Senior Care

正A city in southeast China explores a new elderly service model China is aging.The number of people aged 60 or above reached 241 million by the end of 2017,accounting for 17.3 percent of the total population,according to the Office of the National Working Commission on Aging.In May,the China Research Center on Aging(CRCA)released a survey showing that the elderly in the country are facing multiple chal enges,including a generally low income,     

An Improved Image

正Survey shows China’s growing popularity around the world Results of a new survey released in Beijing on August 29 present a stereoscopic image of China in the eyes of the international community, with the survey showing the nation’s growing popularity around the world.China’s national image is steadily improving internationally, while it     

WEEKLY WATCH

OPINION Small Screen Scam Shopping Recently, the Beijing Consumers' Association issued a survey report, exposing six major flaws in TV shopping. One of the most obvious that emerged was that so-called gold jewelry articles were actually made of cheap metallic knock-offs. TV shopping was introduced to China in 1992. The total busi-ness volume of this form of buying reached 15.6 billion yuan ($2.23 billion) last year.     

Can Longer Weekends Benefit Both Workers and Productivity?

<正>The State Council,China’s cabinet,issued a circular in early August,suggesting employers across the country make flexible working arrangements and give their workers Friday afternoons off during hot summer days in order to boost tourism and consumption.According to a recent survey conducted by Beijing-based news portal Sina.com.cn,nearly 80 percent of the estimated 30,000respondents believe that a two-and-halfday weekend is manageable,though most     

ENCOURAGING SIGNS

正Private business sectors in China and U.S.remain optimistic The China General Chamber of Commerce-USA (CGCC) released its annual survey on Chinese enterprises inthe U.S.on August 10,showing a bullish trend despite challenges on various fronts.Sixty percent of those surveyed stated that they were committed to the U.S.market,where their investments remained the same.     

FOCUS

Chinese Happier in 2005The Social Survey Institute of China (SSIC) has released a report that concludes Chinese people were happier in 2005 than in the previous year, but were less satis- fied with family life. The survey was carried out among 2,000 people across 17 of the country's provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. It was based upon six indices: career, sense of happiness, family life, sense of security, social security and social involvement. The results show that 47.6 pe…     

Consumer perceptions of the Chinese film industry

Going to the movies is a popular pastime in China. China Daily re cently cited a survey by the China Film Association in which forty per cent of participants listed going to the cinema as their first choice entertainment. Seeing a film came ahead of surfing the internet andwatching TV among those surveyed in big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai. Just under half of those who preferred a visit to the cinema were aged 25 orunder. Indeed, if you strike up a conversation with a young Chinese…     

Foreign-funded Banks：A Grip on Their Holy Grail？

ON December 11, 2006, China honored its WTO commitment to open its Renminbi business to foreign banks. Since that date, both locally incorporated foreign-funded banks and joint venture financial institutions are licensed to offer RMB services. Non-incorporated branches may also accept time deposits from Chinese citizens within the territory of China of no less than RMB 1 million for each time. It seems foreign banks at last have one hand on their holy grail - China's 1.3 billion customers. But their grip is so far a weak one. China Youth Daily carried out a survey, and of the 3,384 respondents, 85.2 percent said that they paid close attention to the development. As regards their impression of foreign banks, 66.7 percent said their main advantage was a better service. Just 10.8 percent said they would open an account in a foreign bank, and 16.4 percent said they would wait and see what happens. What lies ahead for foreign banks in China, and how will the phenomenon impact domestic banks in the Chinese mainland?     

Young and InBusiness

<正>Post-1990 cohorts are creating more startups College students face a crossroads come graduation:Do they look for work at a company or small business or do they create their own?An increasing number in China are choosing the latter.Zhaopin.com,a leading recruitment website in China,conducted a survey among 58,996col ege students who graduated in 2015 ear-     

Short of Serious Reading

China lacks avid readers,according to a recently published survey of reading habits in 2012.The proportion of people surveyed who reported reading a paperback last year is only 55 percent,about 5 percentage points lower than in 1999.     

Media Art Comes to Beijing

MEDIA art has a very short history on China＇s mainland,where more traditional forms such as painting and sculpture tend to hold sway.So the arrival of a major survey of global media art practice at Beijing＇s National Art Museum of China（NA- MOC）set the local art world abuzz in the lead up to the Olympic Games. What is media art？Broadly defined, it is art that utilizes contemporary technology and/or reflects upon the role of technology in modem life.Zhang Ga, a China-born,New York-based artist, curator and teacher,has made it his mission to bring the latest media art practices to China over the past few years.     

Business in Brief

More Chinese Abroad Spurred on by rapidly rising incomes, many Chinese travelers are heading for exotic overseas destinations, and are proving to be big spending tourists. Chinese tourists spend an average US $175 a day per capita, according to the organizer of the China International Travel Fair, making them the world's second most extravagant bunch of travelers. A survey carried out in Australia shows that per capita spending among Chinese tourists in     

Is College Education Useless?

September is traditionally the month during which newly enrolled students go to college in China.However,a girl named Lingling might miss this opportunity even though she passed the college entrance examination.Unfortunately although he can afford to send her,her father thinks that attending college is a waste of money.The story has since triggered heated debate.According to a survey conducted on September 1,of more than10,000 citizens,70 percent believe"all roads     

Auto Trends

RISING car purchases in China have taken automobiles out of the status symbol for the favored few bracket to that of all-round life quality enhancer. Chinese motorists use their cars to go out on family picnics and excursions, take their children to and from school, do periodical rather than daily shopping, and visit extended family members as well as travel to work, according to a survey by the Horizon Research Company. Auto Individualists Young adults are becoming a major influence on auto consumption in Chi-     

Less Tax, More Kindness?

Many companies are reluctant to donate to charities, largely because of the government's tax policies While there are more than 10 million government-registered companies in China, a recent survey found that fewer than 100,000 of them have any record of making charitable contributions, with many experts citing the country's tax     

Untieing the Traffic Knot

Beijing is working to resolve its longtime transportation problems before the 2008 Olympics One traffic jam after another, annoying horns, endless lines of cars,impatient sighs from passengers on an overcrowded bus, the youstomped-on-my-toe quarreling in the subway train, all have led to the unsurprising result that Beijing scored at the tail end of a survey of 287 cities in the category of transport satisfaction in China’s 2006 Report on the Quality of Urban Life.     

Recommend a Famous Enterprise and Win a Prize!

The first "Chinese Trademarks through Foreigners' Eyes" survey, jointly sponsored by the China Trademark Association and China Today magazine, is the first international survey on brand names in China. Results will be announced in major national media, as well as at CTA's survey results conference.     

Auto Sales Soar,Quality and Service Decline

Statistics from the WHO show secondhand smoke kills 600,000 people around the world, and the number in China is estimated at 100,000. A survey by Chinese Center for Disease Control andPrevention （CDC） found that 73 percent of Chinese people are endangered by secondhand smoke, a big leap from the 53 percent calculated in 2002. The study was conducted from last December to this March with approximately 13,000 subjects over the age of 15.