Monday, February 2, 2009

Chinese vice premier stresses job creation for farmers

HEFEI, Jan. 31 (Chinese media) -- Vice Premier Hui Liangyu

said on Saturday that local government should seek every means to help migrant

workers land jobs, calling it "a prominent and important task" in the current

rural work agenda.

Hui made the remarks when he toured east China's

Anhui Province. He urged local enterprises to guarantee job opportunities for

migrant workers and asked infrastructure projects contractors to hire as many

migrant workers as possible.

The vocational training for the migrant workers

should be strengthened, Hui said.

Migrant workers were also encouraged to go back to

their hometown to start their own business, and support should be given in bank

loans, tax breaks and business registration, according to Hui.

Hui also urged local government to attach great

importance to the fight against drought, which plagued more than 866,700

hectares of wheat in the province. He said rural water control facility

construction should be speeded up.

He also asked local authorities to enhance the

control of bird flu and foot-and-mouth disease.

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