Demand for skilled labor set to fuel higher wages: Poll

SHANGHAI - Rising demand for skilled workers is set to push up wages in the eastern economic hub of Shanghai and neighboring cities in the Yangtze River Delta region, a survey by a domestic human resource institute has showed.

The survey by Shanghai-based CIIC HR polled 400 enterprises in Shanghai, Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou cities.

More than 80 percent of the respondents in Shanghai said they will raise wages by an average of 7.9 percent this year, up from an increase of 5.9 percent a year before.