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On verge of overwork death
(Chinanews.cn)
Updated: 2006-07-19 16:51
The Social Sciences Documentation Publishing House of the Chinese Academy
of Social Sciences recently published the 2006 human resources blue paper
titled "China Human Resources Development Report No.3". According to this
report, there is a huge waste of human resources in China. In 2005, about
25 million professionally competent personnel were wasted. The report
also pointed out that 70% of intellectuals were on the verge of overwork
death.
In a ranking list that reflects human resource competitiveness in six
nations, namely China, the United States, Japan, Germany, Russia and
India, China is placed fourth, only ahead of Russia and India, and far
behind the United States which tops the list.
The blue paper also gives a ranking list of the human resources
competitiveness status in 31 provinces, municipalities and autonomous
regions throughout China. The list shows that Beijing, Shanghai and
Guangdong province are among the top three on the list.
It also points out that 70% of intellectuals are on the verge of dying of
overwork. Experts warn that if these intellectuals do not pay attention
to their health and try to get out of sub-healthy status, two-thirds of
them will die of cardiovascular disease in the near future, one-tenth
will die of tumors, and one-fifth will die of lung diseases arising from
smoking, diabetes, overwork, or accidents.
In some cities, especially coastal cities where social development is
relatively better than that in other areas, the problem of death from
overwork tends to become more serious than before, and younger people
have begun to suffer from the same problem, too.
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