chinadaily.com.cn
    left corner left corner
    China Daily Website

    Survey shows Chinese workers stressed out

    Updated: 2012-10-19 07:21
    By Chen Xin in Beijing and Shi Jing in Shanghai ( China Daily)

    Nearly eight out of 10 Chinese workers became more stressed in the past year, a new survey has found.

    The survey by Regus, a global workplace-solutions provider, recently polled more than 16,000 workers in 80 countries.

    Seventy-five percent of Chinese workers polled said that their stress levels had risen in the past year, according to the survey.

    Survey shows Chinese workers stressed out 

    It found that 48 percent of workers globally felt growing pressure in the past year.

    The smallest increases in stress worldwide were in Australia and the Netherlands, where just 38 percent and 40 percent of workers said they had experienced more stress.

    Chinese workers' stress mainly comes from work, individual financial status and clients, the survey found.

    In China, workers in Shanghai and Beijing felt the highest rise in stress in the past year, it said.

    In Shanghai, 80 percent of workers said their stress levels rose. In Beijing, the figure is 67 percent.

    Wang Fang, 34, works at a Beijing-based media organization.

    "My husband and I have just bought a new apartment, and we have almost exhausted the money we have at hand for decoration, which cost about 200,000 yuan ($32,000). We will begin to pay back the housing loan next year, which is estimated to be around 10,000 yuan per month," she said.

    Wang said her stress is increasing because her husband just quit his job and started his own business.

    "When I am feeling stressed, I always try to talk to friends who are a long distance from me. But honestly, I am too busy to sense the mental ups and downs. I am too busy to feel them," she said.

    Jiang Xue is a sales manager at a company in Wuxi that specializes in exporting advertising billboards.

    Jiang said the biggest pressure she faces is from work.

    "Our company has received zero orders so far this year. Sales people live on bonuses. How am I supposed to continue to live on a basic salary that is less than 2,000 yuan a month?" she sighed.

    The 29-year-old said she has another source of pressure, which is more personal.

    "I am feeling pressure every day as everybody around me is pushing me to get married, including my mom and dad, all the relatives, colleagues at work and even neighbors who know me well. It was nothing at first, but you will know how stressful it is if the same topic goes on and on," she said.

    Hou Jianfeng, who works at a accounting firm in Shanghai that has received foreign investment, said he has decided to resign at the end of the year because of growing pressure at work.

    Hou said he often works till midnight and sometimes on the weekends because his boss assigns him several projects at once.

    "I'm already used to overworking, but my neck and waist sometimes ache because I have to sit in a chair for quite a long time every day and don't get to exercise," he said. "The boss wants to promote me next year, but that means I would be busier. I don't think I can hold my job until then."

    A recent survey by Insight China, a State-run magazine that looks into Chinese people's welfare, showed that nearly 70 percent of Chinese are overworked and more than 40 percent spend less than 10 hours a week on leisure.

    Wei Xiang, an expert in the leisure economy at Beijing International Studies University, said China's current economic development stage as a labor-intensive economy has made most Chinese people want to earn money instead of take leisure time.

    Xia Xueluan, a sociologist with Peking University, said Chinese people, especially young workers, always consider how to acquire material resources as quickly as possible as the country rapidly develops.

    "A booming desire for material easily transfers into stress," he said.

    At a young age, Chinese are educated by teachers and parents to strive to do better than others in academic study or work, he said: "Pressure is unavoidable if one lives in such an environment," he said.

    The per capita income of Chinese people is still comparatively low, and the country's social security system is yet to efficiently cover all citizens, Xia said.

    "When China's social security and welfare system can efficiently benefit people, workers' stress status will change."

    Li Juan, an expert at the institute of psychology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said stress can lead to both physical and psychological problems such as sleeplessness, anorexia and depression.

    "Many people could hardly find the roots of those problems," she said.

    To help relieve pressure, Li suggests spending more time on outdoor activities and improving work efficiency.

    "You can think on the way to your workplace every day about how many things you have to finish today and how much time you have to finish them," she said. "Efficiently use your time, and a wise work plan will bring you less stress."

    Visiting a psychiatrist is also a good way to free yourself from stress, Li said.

    Contact the writers at chenxin1@chinadaily.com.cn and shijing@chinadaily.com.cn

    8.03K
     
    ...
    ...
    ...
    日本中文一区二区三区亚洲| 中文一国产一无码一日韩| 日韩精品人妻一区二区中文八零| 亚洲va中文字幕无码| 惠民福利中文字幕人妻无码乱精品 | 最好看的电影2019中文字幕 | 无码内射中文字幕岛国片| 成人免费无码H在线观看不卡| 久久久久av无码免费网| 最好看2019高清中文字幕| 一本色道无码道在线| 久久无码人妻一区二区三区| 成人午夜亚洲精品无码网站| 免费无码中文字幕A级毛片| 无码日韩人妻AV一区免费l| AV大片在线无码永久免费| 无码少妇一区二区| 亚洲欧洲精品无码AV| 一本大道香蕉中文日本不卡高清二区| 人妻无码精品久久亚瑟影视| 东京热加勒比无码少妇| 人妻丰满av无码中文字幕| 日韩欧精品无码视频无删节 | 国产精品无码无片在线观看 | av无码免费一区二区三区| 无套中出丰满人妻无码| 亚洲第一极品精品无码久久| 制服中文字幕一区二区| 无码AV动漫精品一区二区免费| 久久精品99无色码中文字幕| 中文字幕亚洲第一在线| 免费无码国产在线观国内自拍中文字幕| 中文成人无字幕乱码精品区| 亚洲中文字幕无码永久在线| 欧美激情中文字幕综合一区| 人妻无码αv中文字幕久久| 欧美日韩中文字幕| 久久中文精品无码中文字幕| 中文无码熟妇人妻AV在线| 免费无码又爽又刺激网站直播 | 无码国产色欲XXXXX视频|