Widgetized Section   Shenzhen raises minimum wage to 1,320 yuan
a month   The hike, effective from April 1, would bring the
minimum monthly wage in the city to 1,320 yuan ($200) from the
current 1,100 yuan, the highest minimum wage in the country,
Shenzhen’s Human Resources and Social Security Bureau reported.
It is Shenzhen’s largest one-time wage hike over the past 19
years, official statistics show.  A human resources official who
declined to be named said the wage hike aims to make jobs in
Shenzhen more attractive to solve the current labor shortage
facing cities on China’s manufacturing belt on the country’s
southeastern coast.  Minimum wages have been rising around the
country since last year in the wake of labor shortages and
surging inflation.  The consumer price index (CPI), a major
gauge of China’s inflation, rose 4.9 percent in January from a
year earlier as food prices increased 10.3 percent due to rising
demand and a drought in key grain-growing regions.  Analysts say
the pay hike will also help