Vocational training needed

Recruiters hold up job advertisements for migrant labour at a job market in Yiwu.[Photo/Agencies]

About 34 percent among 2,407 surveyed small enterprises in Zhejiang were struggling to hire skilled workers or high-tech talents, according to a recent survey conducted by Alibaba Group.

Experts said, in order to avoid severe labor shortages during small firms' upgrading drive, the government should improve vocational training for rural surplus labors and vocational education.

"To prevent labor shortages from spreading, the government should guide jobless workers and equip them with skills, so that they can meet the requirements of upgrading enterprises," said Chen Shida, director of the Zhejiang Research Institute of Public Administration and Human Resources.