Labor shortage to continue: Poll

The shortage of migrant workers is likely to continue to escalate in some regions of China, although it is still not a national problem, a government survey has suggested.

The labor demand after the traditional Spring Festival increased by 15 percent compared with the same period last year, with an average number of job vacancies expected to reach 143 for each company, according to the survey released by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on Wednesday.

The poll on the employment situation of migrant workers was based on interviews with 3,239 companies and 9,081 migrant workers covering 26 large- and medium-sized cities in 13 provinces.