Hua

Amid a severe labor shortage, companies have boosted wages to try to attract and retain workers, driving the average annual salary to an eight-year high in 2023, said Stanley Hua (花梓馨), general manager of 104 Human Resource Institute, at a news conference, citing the results of a Taiwan salary trends survey. However, amid an economic slowdown, the figure represents only a 2.5 percent increase from a year ago, lower than the 3.1 percent year-on-year hike recorded last year, Hua said.

Some forty-five li south of Qian Kou is the market town of Bai Dao Kou. Fifteen li to the west is Dao Kou town, the capital of Hua County, Henan Province.