Cities at different development stages naturally have disparate labor needs

FOUR SECOND-TIER CITIES in the central and western parts of China are seeking to attract workers, and this has raised the question of whether there is a labor shortage in the country. Beijing News commented on Thursday:

Many people attribute the competition for workers among cities such as Xi'an, Wuhan, Chengdu and Hefei, to shortfalls in their working-age populations, and thus predict a gloomy future for the losers in this competition.

However, that's not true. Anhui, Sichuan, Hubei and Shaanxi provinces, where the four cities are located, are all exporters of migrant workers.