A special job fair held last week in China's southernmost Hainan Province has provided more than 10,000 vacant jobs to migrant workers.

The employment fair was sponsored by the provincial employment bureau, aiming to solve some employment difficulties for this special group of people.

Ninety-eight companies attended the employment fair, offering working opportunities in clothing processing and restaurants.

Wang Yingji, head of Hainan provincial personnel and labor security department, said the province will offer 80,000 jobs to migrant workers in 2006.

The official said Hainan plans to transfer the majority of rural surplus labor force into urban areas within three years' time.

Wang added that all the provincial job information centers willbe open to migrant workers to timely provide them with relevant information, consultation services and professional training.

(Xinhua News Agency February 27, 2006)