Home>News Center>China
           
     

    Housing, education top urbanites' worries
    By Fu Jing (China Daily)
    Updated: 2006-02-24 05:32

    Housing, education and jobs are the main worries of urban residents and these are the issues they would like to be addressed by the country's top legislators next month, according to a recent poll.

    The Social Survey Institute of China (SSIC), a non-government organization, polled 2,000 people in 16 major cities including Beijing and Shanghai and asked them what they would like next month's annual session of the National People's Congress to discuss.

    Housing, education top urbanites' worries
    Citizens ask about information on a housing project at a housing exhibition in Shanghai in this photo taken on April 29, 2005. [newsphoto]

    Nearly 4 in 5 respondents said they were worried about rising house prices and poor services provided by property management companies.

    Urban real estate prices have seen a rapid rise in recent years. According to the World Bank, housing prices worldwide are equivalent to 5-7 years' household income, but in China it is 11 years' earnings.

    About 3 in 5 were concerned about limited job opportunities.

    Despite a record 11 million job openings this year, 14 million urbanites including those entering the job market, laid-off workers and migrants from rural areas might end up with no employment. The pollsters said the laid-off, disabled people and fresh university graduates would find it most difficult to find jobs.

    As tuition fees keep rising in educational institutions, nearly 3 in 5 surveyed complained about the increasing cost and corruption.

    High medical expenses, rising inequality, personal safety, financial fraud and the rule of law are also listed as major worries.

    The country's 11th Five-Year (2006-10) Plan has been listed as the 12th hottest topic among 29 per cent of urban residents.

    "The findings show that people are preoccupied with personal concerns," said Wang Xing, the public opinion centre director of SSIC. "We hope the public voices reach the legislators."

    Asked whether communication between the public and the authorities was smooth, only about 11 per cent of the respondents replied in the positive; 42 per cent said it was "so-so"' and the remaining believed it was ineffective.



    Fire kills 5 in Northeast China
    Aerobatics show in Hunan
    Final rehearsal
      Today's Top News     Top China News
     

    Australia, US, Japan praise China for Asia engagement

     

       
     

    Banker: China doing its best on flexible yuan

     

       
     

    Hopes high for oil pipeline deal

     

       
     

    Possibilities of bird flu outbreaks reduced

     

       
     

    Milosevic buried after emotional farewell

     

       
     

    China considers trade contracts in India

     

       
      EU likely to impose tax on imports of Chinese shoes
       
      Bankers confident about future growth
       
      Curtain to be raised on Year of Russia
       
      Coal output set to reach record high of 2.5b tons
       
      WTO: China should reconsider currency plan
       
      China: Military buildup 'transparent'
       
     
      Go to Another Section  
     
     
      Story Tools  
       
    Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
    Advertisement
             
    久久久人妻精品无码一区| 人妻少妇精品视中文字幕国语| 久久无码中文字幕东京热| 直接看的成人无码视频网站| 亚洲av无码成人精品国产| 亚洲AV日韩AV高潮无码专区| 久久精品中文騷妇女内射| 亚洲Av综合色区无码专区桃色| 最近2019年免费中文字幕高清| 亚欧无码精品无码有性视频| 免费精品无码AV片在线观看| 精品久久亚洲中文无码| 国产高清中文手机在线观看| 久久亚洲AV永久无码精品| 无码AV天堂一区二区三区| 波多野结衣AV无码久久一区| 亚洲日韩中文在线精品第一| √天堂中文官网8在线| 亚洲VA中文字幕无码毛片| 午夜亚洲av永久无码精品| 久久亚洲AV成人无码电影| 无码精品A∨在线观看中文| 国产AV无码专区亚洲AWWW| 日本高清免费中文在线看| 中文字幕亚洲免费无线观看日本| 最新中文字幕AV无码不卡| 欧美日韩久久中文字幕| 中文字幕乱码人妻无码久久| 综合国产在线观看无码| 麻豆国产原创中文AV网站| 天堂无码久久综合东京热| 午夜无码视频一区二区三区| 中文字幕7777| 亚洲精品一级无码鲁丝片| 色噜噜亚洲精品中文字幕| 国产中文欧美日韩在线| 天堂√在线中文最新版| 白嫩少妇激情无码| 亚洲AV无码成人精品区天堂 | 国模无码一区二区三区| 亚洲AⅤ无码一区二区三区在线|