Government and Policy
China to improve social services for migrant workers
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-04-29 06:25
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A worker cleans the glass of an office building in Beijing April 27, 2010.[Photo/Agencies]
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BEIJING -- China's human resource official?said Wednesday the country will step up efforts to improve social services for migrant rural workers in a report on protecting?migrant rural workers' interests.????
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The ministry will increase the coverage of labor contract for migrant rural workers, improve their working conditions and realize the portability of old-age insurance for them, according to Yang. ? ?
Yang said in the report that currently, many migrant rural?workers still face difficulty in getting payment in time, signing labor contracts with their employers, and suffer from poor working conditions. ? ?
The report also noted progress in protecting the rights and interests of migrant rural workers, such as more legal assistance to migrant rural workers. ? ?
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the number of?farmers who worked away from their farmland for over six months reached 229.78 million in the year 2009.?
