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作者：芦笛 在 罕见奇谈 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org
Asian Labour News
March 09, 2004
China: Overwork blamed for shorter life span of professionals in Beijing
"Excessive workload, exhaustion from overwork and heavy burden to support their families endured by middle-aged professionals in Beijing have, among other reasons,shortened their life expectancy by an average of 20 years, according to a survey conducted by the Academy of Social Sciences of Shanghai."
The outcome of a recent survey concerning the State of Health of Intellectuals released recently by the Shanghai Municipal Academy of Social Sciences indicated that the average life expectancy of intellectuals in the Chinese capital Beijing dropped to about the age of 54 from 59 a decade ago, while the average life span for common Beijing residents was 76 years.
Prof. Zhang Yanjin with prestigious Beijing Normal University, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said Tuesday that the increased workload is endangering the health of intellectuals.
In contrast, a similar survey conducted in 1994 showed that theaverage age for the deceased scientific and technical personnel in Shanghai, the largest metropolis in the country, stood at 67 years,3.2 years younger than the average age of local deceased professionals.
A large number of eminent scientists and other professionals, including superb Chinese mathematician Zhang Guanghou and composer Shi Guangnan, passed away when they were just around the age of 50.
Wang Banqing, another CPPCC member and vice-principal of a medical college in east China's Jiangxi province, acknowledged that the tragedy of these outstanding personnel were resultant from their excessive workload, aggravated intensity and abrupt worsening of health conditions.
Source: "Overwork blamed for shorter life span of professionals in Beijing," Xinhua, 09 March 2004.
Posted by Stephen Frost at March 9, 2004 09:46 PM | TrackBack
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That's shocking, but does seem to provide us with a good example of China's current dog-eat-dog/overly pressurised work environment...even among professional workers and intellectuals.
Posted by: Martyn at March 10, 2004 01:16 PM
I actually tried to find the original study on the SASS website, but I couldn't find anything (though I was in a bit of a hurry). Several things interested me about the story, though:
1. It seems to focus on intellectuals, and I wondered why intellectuals died so early (22 years earlier than average). It's a quite incredible statistic. Is the workload of Chinese intellectuals that excessive?
2. Intellectuals died young even a decade ago, but it's clearly getting worse. So it's not a recent thing.
I wonder how this compares to other professions (doctors, lawyers, teachers, and so on), technical workers, and ordinary workers? The average life span for coal miners, for instance, is probably fairly low. What about production line workers?
If anyone comes across the study I'd appreciate a link. Or anything else on death from overwork, which has in fact been the subject of acouple of press reports I've seen over the last couple of years.
Posted by: Stephen Frost at March 10, 2004 02:32 PM
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