Beijing Subway says it needs 20,000 more workers

Beijing Subway says it needs 20,000 more workers

Beijing Subway announced Monday it would more than double its workforce with an extra 20,000 staff as its operations expand to 561 kilometers by 2015.

The city had eight subway lines, totaling 200 km and hauling 4 million passengers daily, already in service, said the company in a statement on its website.

Beijing Subway has 16,000 people on its payroll, 10 percent of whom have worked on the subway for less than a year.

The company said the municipal government had been increasing investment in building training establishments and teaching skills to deal with the labor shortage.