Madam Zhang sidesteps tough questions

摘要

The outgoing president of the China Leather Industry Association, Madam Zhang Shuhua, has played down the question of government help in China for footwear producers.rnSpeaking at the World Footwear Congress in Rio de Janeiro in November, Madam Zhang was asked what social costs Chinese employers had to pay on top of workers' wages. She said the basic calculation was 30% of a worker's salary, so that if a worker earns 1,000 RMB per month, the employer would have to find an additional 300 RMB for social security.