The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security released a ranking of the 100 occupations with the severest shortage of laborers in the second quarter.
Among the top 100 occupations with the severest shortage of laborers, marketers, couriers, car workers, merchandise salespersons, marketing professionals, restaurant waiters, security guards, housekeepers, electronic product platemakers, and cleaners rank in the top ten.
The shortage of labor in the manufacturing industry continued, in particular more prominent in the shortage of labor in the electronic information industry.
Integrated circuit engineering technicians, semiconductor chip manufacturers, electronic instruments and electronic measurement engineering technicians are among the occupations that face the acute shortage of laborers.
The shortage of laborers is more prominent in semiconductor discrete devices and integrated circuit assembly and adjustment workers, computer network engineering and technical personnel shortages. Electronic product plate-making workers are among the occupations that need to recruit new workers.
In the first six months, 5.84 million enterprises across the nation that made no cuts or minimal cuts to staff number received 33.1 billion yuan of unemployment insurance refund amid the country's efforts to keep payrolls stable and boost job creation.
To relieve pressure on market entities, the ministry has lowered and postponed employment insurance premiums for industries and enterprises facing difficulties.
