ABSTRACT
According to a survey of the rural and urban area labor forces, the net increase of the economically active population in 1999 will be down by 1.88 million on that in 1998. The increase in employment is basically determined by China’s economic growth. In 1999, affected by many factors, China’s GDP growth rate will not be very high, which restricts the increase in job opportunities. The chapter shows that the main difficulty in 1999 urban employment is that of the increased numbers of laid-off workers from enterprises and repositioned staff from government sectors and institutions. In the process of developing high-yield agriculture and upgrading China’s traditional industries, we must consider their impact on employment. With the development of various forms of ownership, in particular the development of the joint-stock system, the stock cooperative system, and the private economy, labor relationships have become multi-dimensional and more complicated.
