EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES IN SHANGHAI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004201150002-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2002
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 4, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
,tOM NTIAL
COUNTRY China
SUBJECT Employment and Wages in Shanghai
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DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to ar receipt by an unauthorized person is Prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
REPORT NO.
DATE DISTR.
1. June 1954
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REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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SOURCE:
1. In late 1953 there were roughly 1,500,000 unemployed persons in Shanghai, and
this. figure was increasing daily. Of this number, approximately 1,000,000
were probably members of labor unions. Including the dependents of these
unemployed persons, they would make up about one half of the population of
Shanghai. Thus 3,000,000 persons would be lacking in regular means of support.
2. To change one's place of employment voluntarily was unheard of. Employment in
a particular factory was controlled by that factory's own labor union, and there
was little cooperation among unions.
3. In late 1953 a skilled worker' received about 100 units per month2. Unskilled
labor received approximately 60-80 units, and a policeman or a minor municipal
government official the same amount. From these wages were deducted fees for
union dues and propaganda. Many of the unemployed were formed into forced
labor groups for street cleaning and city improvements. Such individuals
received only their food for the day; or, if not provided food, they received
JMP 9,000 per day.
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reported on the wages of apprentices and skilled workers in
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Comment. Each unit was equal to JMP 5,500 at this time.
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