Chinese Vice Premier: boost employment, guarantee people's living

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (C), who

is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the

Communist Party of China Central Committee, shakes hands with a job seeker

at a personnel market in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb.

8, 2009. Li Keqiang paid a visit to Guangdong Province from Feb. 6 through

9. (Chinese media/Liu Weibing)
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BEIJING,

Feb. 9 (Chinese media) -- Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang said Monday that employment

and people's livelihood should be guaranteed.

Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the

Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the

remarks when visiting the southern Guangdong Province, a major base for

export-oriented manufacturers that had provided jobs for many migrant workers.

Li highlighted the importance of providing stable job

opportunities, asking local governments to make every effort to support steady

production of manufacturers and thus ensure employment.

Professional training and employment guidance should

be given to job seekers, especially migrant workers, to help them maintain their

incomes, said Li.

He also urged local authorities to strengthen support

to enterprises and help them develop new markets and upgrade their

technology.

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang (2nd L,

front), who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political

Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, visits Yantian

Port in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 7, 2009. Li

Keqiang paid a visit to Guangdong Province from Feb. 6 through 9.

(Chinese media/Liu Weibing)
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Ministry: China to create 775,000 jobs

through rural stores by end-2010

BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Chinese media) -- China will establish

250,000 rural retail stores by next year to create 775,000 jobs for migrant

workers who have lost their jobs as a result of the global economic crisis, a

Ministry of Commerce official said Monday.

Vice Commerce Minister Jiang Zengwei said this year

the ministry would set up 150,000 stores. This and the building of ancillary

services, including delivery centers and post offices, which would create "a

large amount of jobs" for migrant workers.Full story