16 january 2013
BEIJING — Eighteen of the mainland’s 31 provincial-level regions raised the minimum monthlywage by an average of 19.4 percent year-on-year by September.
The southern manufacturing hub of Shenzhen has the highest minimum monthly wage of 1,500yuan (about $240.18) and Beijing has the highest minimum per-hour wage of 14 yuan,according to a Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security press conference onThursday.
By the end of September, 20 provinces, regions and municipalities had issued salary guidelinesfor the year and the benchmark line grew about 14 percent, according to the ministry’sspokesman Yin Chengji.
He said the ministry will speed in setting up an appraisal system on minimum wages. It will alsoexplore ways to issue guidelines for minimum wages in key industries, and plan to carry out trialsalary surveys in companies.
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