The southern city of Shenzhen, China’s tech and economic hub, has reduced the salaries of government employees by nearly 25 percent, a local official told The Epoch Times, who hasn’t been paid since November last year. He believes the move indicates that the municipal government is running out of money and the central government lacks the financial resources to sustain an ailing economy. “My monthly salary is roughly $2,400, and I haven’t received my salary for the past two months,” Lin Ying (alias), a government official of Shenzhen, told the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times on Jan. 27. “There was no official announcement about the pay cut; the municipal government only told us verbally that our salaries would be reduced,” Lin said, who asked to remain anonymous due to security concerns. Lin isn’t sure if he will get paid for January. If he won’t get paid for the first three …
China’s Wealthy Shenzhen City Slashes Public Servants’ Wages by 25 Percent: Govt Official
February 3, 2022
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