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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