Government Employees Wages in China’s Coastal Region Cut around 30%

June 30th, according to a report, Chinese government employees in the coastal provinces and cities of Communist China including Shanghai, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang are facing a storm of salary cuts. All localities will cancel various self-imposed incentive subsidies, causing approximately a 30% reduction in salaries, and will shrink further.

Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, with strong financial resources, are rumored to have recently set up “government employee salary reduction departments.” These departments are to implement the regulations on salary reductions for government employees. The annual salary of Shanghai division-level officials is rumored to have dropped from 350,000 Yuan to 200,000 Yuan. A reduction in the annual salary of government employee such as Section Chiefs, will be from 240,000 Yuan, to 150,000 Yuan. A reduction between 30% to 40%.

Section-level officials in a district of Shenzhen, will see a reduction by more than 20%. Previously, with various bonus subsidies, the annual salary could reach about 370,000 Yuan. A 20% to 50% salary reduction is imposed for a Deputy Section-Level Cadre in a certain district of Jiangsu Province, a cut of about 100,000 Yuan.

Inland areas will not have the salary cuts like those in the economically developed coastal areas. Some government employees in Henan, Hebei, Anhui and other places said that their annual income will increase slightly. However, teachers and doctors who are also a part of government system, are seeing salary cuts.