A company in the capital of Shandong province was once famous for its "hot metal", but thedecline of the local industry poses a dilemma for younger employees. Li Yang and Zhao Ruixuereport from Jinan.
"To resign, or not to resign, that is the question," said Du Peng, a 36-year-old electrician for theJinan Steel Group in Jinan, the capital of East China's Shandong province.
For the past two years, Du has only worked at the State-owned company for two days a week. Intruth, he has nothing to do at work but sit and chat because since 2013, Shandong's largest steelproducer has intermittently suspended production.