As developing countries,China and most Southeast Asian countries are facing much the same problems in employment,such as structural unemployment and surplus labor in the countryside.Although not affected seriously by the fiˉnancial crisis at the end of the last century,China has met unemployment as grave as that in Southeast Asian countries because the reforms in economic system will eliminate lots of surplus labor in the state-owned enterprises and the growing investment-dominated Chinese economy take in less and less work force.Thus,it’s of great significance to investigate the foreign successful experiences in dealing with unemployment in the hope of establishing our strategies concerning employment in the future.
