Adjust the minimum wage in 16 provinces and cities in the first half of a maximum of 1,500 yuan

As general increases in wages is the most important or even the only way, the minimum wage standard normal growth mechanism.
　 　In 2011, a total of 25 provinces, municipalities and adjust the minimum wage, the highest monthly minimum wage of 1320 yuan value of Shenzhen, the hourly minimum wage standard is Beijing 13 yuan / hour monthly minimum value of Gansu Province, the the most upscale of the monthly minimum wage is only 760 yuan.
　　In the 31 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions across the country, only seven provinces of Heilongjiang, Jiangxi, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Tibet, Gansu did not adjust.
　　 Last year, consumer prices rose by 5.4%, adjusted the minimum wage standard, and has played an active role in the protection of the living standards of low-income groups and ordinary workers' rights.
　　At the same time last year the national average adjustment year, an increase of 22%. The 1995 national minimum wage in 2004 the average annual growth of 8.7%; 2006-2010, an increase of 12.9% average annual adjustment of the national minimum wage.
　　The primary purpose of the minimum wage is to ensure the basic livelihood of the workers, inflationary pressures continue to increase, the rapid rise in the cost of living of ordinary laborers, promote minimum wage in recent years, the rapid growth of practical reasons.
　 　Adjustment of the minimum wage is the most direct impact on ordinary workers, as the government regulating the the enterprise wage distribution, an important means to protect the rights of low-income, and indirectly affect the income of the other groups.
　 　Especially labor-intensive enterprises, most of the staff salary structure as part of the fixed wage plus overtime, a considerable part of the enterprise to the minimum wage as a fixed wage, minimum wage adjustments greater impact on this part of the enterprise.
　 　Automatically form more than the market equilibrium wage level is adjusted according to economic theory, the minimum wage will cause enterprises to provide employment opportunities to reduce some staff unemployed. The same time, the appropriate salary increase in the processing and manufacturing, to stabilize the number of excellent technical skilled workers, firms take orders from the past, the middle and low transition to high-grade products, so that corporate profits can be synchronized growth.
　　 The possible impact of the adjustment of the minimum wage, labor wages Institute of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has done empirical analysis, analysis of the results of the five major industries to low-wage agriculture, forestry, construction, retail, food and beverage, and residents, adjustment of minimum wage is not enough to bring a significant impact on an industry wage distribution, This shows that in recent years, the minimum wage adjustment, is still within the range of reasonable, only played a corresponding role in the protection of low-income people, and not on the The income distribution of the market-oriented big impact.
　　 British low-income Committee has reported that in 2008, people worry about the minimum wage increase will bring unemployment, but through the analysis of the minimum wage and the economic and employment data did not find any significant negative impact. In March this year, the British government raised the minimum wage again.
　 　According to the Department of Labor Wage Research Institute estimated that the proportion of the cost of wages and labor costs accounted for the main business of the enterprise, in order to adjust the minimum wage and labor costs rose the most sensitive to labor-intensive industries in the private sector, for example, The labor costs of most manufacturing sub-industry enterprises accounted for the proportion of the cost of the main business is between 3% -10%.
　 　In the reality of China's manufacturing industry is generally at a low level, the minimum wage should be appropriate to continue to go up affirming attitude.
　　In the first half of this year, a total of 16 provinces and cities across the country to adjust the minimum wage, the highest standards as the minimum monthly wage in Shenzhen, has to go up to $ 1,500.
　 　But starting in 2010, the rate of increase of labor costs began to accelerate, the economic slowdown, the decline in corporate profits, the the compensatory adjustment after two consecutive years, the future will be slowed by the adjustment of the minimum wage, the adjustment range will The narrowing.
　　In addition, the industry is also recommended to determine the mode, you can change the current simple unified regional minimum wage, build regional, sectoral minimum wage system in accordance with the difference.