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Over the past five years over 80 million farmers have gone to cities to find jobs, Minister of Labor and Social Security Zhang Zuoji said Wednesday.
Meanwhile, according to information obtained from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, this year China's civil affairs departments will gradually promote the building of a minimum living insurance system in rural areas. By the end of 2002, 4.04 million people in rural areas have enjoyed minimum living subsidies.
(Xinhua News Agency March 12, 2003)
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