economy - Pushing the China Wage Indicator

Residing for a few days at the home of the international organizer of the Wage Indicator, Paulien Osse, to discuss strategies for the China leg of this project, so not that much time to spend on blogging.
Last week trying to figure out whether we would be able to join a new fund installed by the European Commission for social affairs and labor issues. It does not seem impossible, discussions with enthusiastic officials in both Brussels and Beijing showed, but certainly something for the long haul.
Pretty impressed by the progress the wage indicator is making. A new technology for the questionnaire has been introduced that will make the usage much more solid and will allow the project to engage itself in dealing with commercial research.
Apart from the nine European projects, launches in India, Korea and a few other countries are becoming feasible and we concluded that China should be part of that development. Funding is still an important issue, because - unlike other countries - China has huge internal differences and would need about eight regional projects, in stead of one (like most countries) or two (like Germany). One option to limit initiatial starting costs could be to start off with only Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong. Later we can include the rest of the country.
Again: otherwise very much impressed since the progress the project made since my previous visit.
Getting now material together to make an action plan for our Chinese wage indicator. Have started a small new blog as has Paulien. Not yet an rss-feed and other things, certainly little content, but that will come.