Capital companies plan pay hikes after economic recovery

Almost every company in Beijing - Chinese and foreign-owned - have or will hike monthly salaries for workers during 2011, a survey has found.

More than half of 500 enterprises polled in March also said they will boost pay by more than 8 percent on 2010 levels.

Almost all of the bosses who responded to the Human Resource Association of Foreign and Chinese Enterprises' survey said the raises are a result of the upturn in business following the global recession.