China issues guideline to promote employment for migrant workers
4 months ago

China issues guideline to promote employment for migrant workers

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China will further promote high-quality and sufficient employment for migrant workers and facilitate their urbanization process, according to a guideline published on Friday. China will work to enhance working skills of migrant workers, safeguard their labor rights and interests, and improve the long-term mechanism for controlling arrears of wages, according to the guideline. The country will promote the participation of migrant workers in social insurance schemes such as pensions, medical care, unemployment and work-injury insurance, and will safeguard their social security rights and interests. China will also promote equal access for migrant workers to basic public services in urban areas, further relax restrictions on urban household registration, encourage migrant workers who wish to settle in cities to do so, and safeguard the legitimate land rights and interests of migrant workers who settle in cities, the guideline said.

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Affordable housing increased for migrant workers
6 months, 1 week ago

Affordable housing increased for migrant workers

China Daily  

Shanghai's target for this year to provide housing for 30,000 migrant workers at affordable prices is expected to be achieved by October, according to local officials. Housing for 21,100 workers has been provided at 25 sites spanning all of the city's 16 districts so far, with most monthly rents priced between 500 yuan and 1,000 yuan, accounting for no more …

Government acts to help city dwellers secure jobs
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Government acts to help city dwellers secure jobs

China Daily  

The central government has pledged to step up efforts to help the nearly 300 million migrant workers in China secure more stable jobs and better work experience, as the nation ratchets up its broader push to advance "new urbanization". It will see that favorable policies are implemented to support companies in creating and stabilizing jobs for migrant workers, Shang said …

'New urbanization' to benefit migrants
6 months, 2 weeks ago

'New urbanization' to benefit migrants

China Daily  

YANG MEINI/FOR CHINA DAILY China has mapped out major steps to further advance its "new urbanization" strategy, offering migrant workers broader access to urban public services, strengthening industrial development in less-urbanized areas and promoting a more shared growth of cities. The 18 percentage-point gap "means there is substantial room for China's urbanization", said Zhang Fei, vice-president of the China Institute …

Migrant workers who helped build modern China have scant or no pensions, and can’t retire
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Migrant workers who helped build modern China have scant or no pensions, and can’t retire

Associated Press  

BEIJING — At 53, Guan Junling is too old to get hired at factories anymore. “But for older migrant workers, there simply are no positions,” said Zhang, who conducted field studies at four labor markets across China late last year. Zhang Quanshou, a village official in Henan province and a delegate to China’s National People’s Congress, said some older migrant …

China works to boost employment for migrant workers
4 years, 7 months ago

China works to boost employment for migrant workers

China Daily  

China is taking multipronged measures to enable its vast number of migrant workers to find jobs as the country coordinates regular COVID-19 prevention and control with efforts related to economic and social development. According to a recent guideline jointly issued by 15 government departments, including the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the National Development and Reform Commission, …

China to help poor migrant workers secure jobs
4 years, 8 months ago

China to help poor migrant workers secure jobs

China Daily  

China will ramp up efforts to help impoverished migrant workers find or secure jobs. The move aims to ensure the migrant labor force remains stable or improves this year, according to a circular, jointly issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Finance, and the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development. …

‘This country doesn’t help you. You help yourself’: China’s rural migrants struggle with no work
4 years, 9 months ago

‘This country doesn’t help you. You help yourself’: China’s rural migrants struggle with no work

LA Times  

The villager looked at the photograph of his dead grandmother. China is facing “challenges like never before,” said Premier Li Keqiang as he read the party’s pared-down economic goals. “And if he wasn’t successful, everyone would call him a fool.” Chen’s wife, an out-of-work kindergarten teacher, sat at home monitoring their fourth-grade son’s online lessons every day. “I don’t want …

People-oriented urbanization
7 years, 10 months ago

People-oriented urbanization

China Daily  

Models of residential buildings are seen at a sales center in Zhengzhou, Henan province, September 23, 2016. According to a recent report published by the National Bureau of Statistics, China had 281.71 million migrant workers by the end of 2016, an increase of 1.5 percent from the previous year's figure. Whether migrant workers choose to stay or leave their home …

Inspection teams dispatched to check on migrant workers' wages
8 years, 1 month ago

Inspection teams dispatched to check on migrant workers' wages

China Daily  

Premier Li Keqiang asks locals if any migrant workers did not get their pay on Jan 23 during a visit to Ludian county in Southwest China's Yunnan province. The State Council has sent teams to inspect why some migrant workers are experiencing delays in wage payment, according to a news release on Monday night. The government should put forward a …

China to create over 50 mln new urban jobs by 2020
8 years, 1 month ago

China to create over 50 mln new urban jobs by 2020

China Daily  

BEIJING - China will create over 50 million new urban jobs by 2020, the State Council announced Monday. The government will improve employment structure and quality, and keep the urban headline unemployment rate under 5 percent by 2020, according to the employment facilitation plan for the 2016-2020 period released by the State Council. As China successfully withstood challenges in curbing …

China relaxes visa rules for Guangdong free trade zone
8 years, 8 months ago

China relaxes visa rules for Guangdong free trade zone

China Daily  

BEIJING - The Ministry of Public Security has promised a series of favorable policies for skilled foreign workers in the pilot free trade zone in South China's Guangdong province. Among the 16 measures are simplified permanent residence application procedures and fast-track approvals for skilled foreign workers in the zone, support for foreign students' start-ups, accelerated visas and residency application channels …

China to help more rural migrants settle in cities
8 years, 11 months ago

China to help more rural migrants settle in cities

China Daily  

BEIJING - China will ease household relocation policies in 2016 to help more migrants settle in cities, an official with the National Development and Reform Commission said Tuesday. To achieve the urbanization goal, around 100 million migrants need be granted with urban household registration, said Xu Lin, an official with the NDRC, at a press conference. Currently about 39.9 percent …

China encourages migrants to establish businesses back home
9 years, 9 months ago

China encourages migrants to establish businesses back home

China Daily  

A Chinese migrant worker cleans the exterior window of a high-rise building in Beijing, China, April 24, 2015. The Chinese government announced key details to support more migrant workers, veterans and university graduates to establish businesses back home, building new foundations to diversify development in the nation's western region and rural areas on Friday. Xin Changxing, vice minister of the …

China issues guideline to improve employee welfare
9 years, 11 months ago

China issues guideline to improve employee welfare

China Daily  

A worker connects electric cables at an offshore oil engineering company in Qingdao, Shandong province. BEIJING - China will implement reforms to improve employee welfare and better the wage payment system, the central government announced Wednesday. Improving labor relations is now an urgent task as the country is undergoing major economic and social changes with diversifying employee appeals and increasing …

Labor relations improvement signals human rights progress[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
9 years, 11 months ago

Labor relations improvement signals human rights progress[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

BEIJING - The Chinese government's latest assertion on workers' rights may bode well for the country's vision of a harmonious society and its course of improving human rights protection. In a guideline published Wednesday, the ruling Communist Party of China and the State Council said improving labor relations is an urgent task as the country is undergoing major economic and …

China issues guideline to improve employee welfare
9 years, 11 months ago

China issues guideline to improve employee welfare

China Daily  

A worker connects electric cables at an offshore oil engineering company in Qingdao, Shandong province. BEIJING - China will implement reforms to improve employee welfare and better the wage payment system, the central government announced Wednesday. Improving labor relations is now an urgent task as the country is undergoing major economic and social changes with diversifying employee appeals and increasing …

Labor relations improvement signals human rights progress[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
9 years, 11 months ago

Labor relations improvement signals human rights progress[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

BEIJING - The Chinese government's latest assertion on workers' rights may bode well for the country's vision of a harmonious society and its course of improving human rights protection. In a guideline published Wednesday, the ruling Communist Party of China and the State Council said improving labor relations is an urgent task as the country is undergoing major economic and …

China eyes higher labor quality to spur growth
10 years, 7 months ago

China eyes higher labor quality to spur growth

China Daily  

BEIJING - Government's decision to provide more vocational trainings to migrant workers will not only increase their incomes, but also nurture a high quality work force that is vital to China's economic upgrading, analysts said. A State Council executive meeting held on Wednesday said services for migrant workers will be improved, including more training courses covering job skills. Yang Zhiming, …

Immigrant policy to adopt skill wish list
10 years, 9 months ago

Immigrant policy to adopt skill wish list

China Daily  

A list of skills the country needs most and a points-based assessment system for applicants will feature in China's policy on skilled immigration, a senior official said on Monday. Wang said the current migration policy discourages foreign talent from coming to study or work in China, adding that the country has only issued about 5,000 "green cards" to foreign applicants …

China’s great migration from ‘Hukou Hell’
12 years, 1 month ago

China’s great migration from ‘Hukou Hell’

CNN  

Are you celebrating the Lunar New Year? Story highlights Household registration system "Hukou" behind China's mass migration System divides the population into rural and urban residents Citizens can only access social services where they are registered Migrant workers have restricted access to education, welfare, medical and housing benefits At this very moment, in a major Chinese city, a worker is …

New China law targets foreigners working illegally
12 years, 8 months ago

New China law targets foreigners working illegally

India TV News  

Beijing, Jun30: China's national legislature adopted a new law Saturday that will target foreigners who are living and working in China illegally, the official Xinhua News Agency said, adding that the government encourages citizens to inform on suspected illegal workers. The law approved by the National People's Congress Standing Committee now requires foreigners to obtain valid documents—including employment certificates—to work …

China pledges full coverage of pension system
12 years, 9 months ago

China pledges full coverage of pension system

China Daily  

BEIJING - China will improve the pension system to ensure that by 2015, the number of urban workers and residents underwriting the basic old-age insurance policies will reach 357 million, and the eventual aim is to achieve full coverage of the new rural old-age insurance system and urban employees' pension insurance system. Moreover, efforts will be made in improving the …

Step forward for migrants
13 years ago

Step forward for migrants

China Daily  

Step forward for migrants Updated: 2012-03-22 08:15 That 1.5 million farmers-turned-workers in Beijing will enjoy the same healthcare coverage as their urban counterparts starting April 1, is a significant step forward for efforts to realize the integration of this particular group of laborers into cities. According to the policy proposal released by the Beijing municipal bureau of human resources and …

Govt to fight discrimination against migrant workers
14 years ago

Govt to fight discrimination against migrant workers

China Daily  

Economy Govt to fight discrimination against migrant workers Updated: 2011-02-28 10:40 BEIJING - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday that the government will strive to end discrimination against rural migrant workers in employment, education and training. Many rural migrant workers had no stable work in the cities and their land in hometown was their fundamental guarantee for living, he …

Survey: Migrants have it tough
14 years, 1 month ago

Survey: Migrants have it tough

China Daily  

Society Survey: Migrants have it tough By Chen Xin Updated: 2011-02-21 06:49 BEIJING - A large number of the younger generation of migrant workers is exposed to unsafe conditions during work and receives little protection from such dangers, according to a survey released on Sunday by the country's top trade-union organization. The All China Federation of Trade Unions' survey found …

Incomplete urbanization roadmap
14 years, 7 months ago

Incomplete urbanization roadmap

China Daily  

2010-08-02 14:15 There is definite consensus that urbanization will fuel China's fast economic growth in coming years. However, if Chinese policymakers really want urbanization to become the principal growth engine, they must do more to enrich and empower those farmers who have emigrated to cities in search of better prospects. A report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has …

Incomplete urbanization roadmap
14 years, 7 months ago

Incomplete urbanization roadmap

China Daily  

2010-08-02 14:15 There is definite consensus that urbanization will fuel China's fast economic growth in coming years. However, if Chinese policymakers really want urbanization to become the principal growth engine, they must do more to enrich and empower those farmers who have emigrated to cities in search of better prospects. A report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has …

Protect pay for migrants
18 years, 1 month ago

Protect pay for migrants

China Daily  

Updated: 2007-02-05 07:01 The government should further improve the rules and regulations protecting migrant workers, says a commentary in Dazhong Daily. After the central government issued several files on protecting the rights of migrant workers, many provinces asked migrant worker' employers to hand over some money as a guarantee for these workers' salaries. However, the public funds come from taxpayers …

Migrant workers to get basic job healthcare
18 years, 10 months ago

Migrant workers to get basic job healthcare

China Daily  

Migrant workers to get basic job healthcare Updated: 2006-04-25 09:12 The Chinese government is launching a program to provide basic occupational health services for migrant workers this year. The pilot scheme in 20 counties over 10 provinces comes as the Ministry of Health prepares to conduct a survey on the occupational health of migrant workers, said a ministry official Monday. …

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