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The number of people receiving unemployment insurance had risen from 580,000 in December 1998 to 4.4 million in December 2002, and over the past five years 12 million people enjoyed unemployment insurance, according to Minister of Labor and Social Security Zhang Zuoji.
Zhang told a news conference Wednesday that the government plans to put in more to promote employment, and in this year's budget, 4.7 billion yuan is earmarked for promoting employment in western areas and traditional industrial bases, in addition to fiscal subsidies to social security fund and laid-off workers.
(Xinhua News Agency March 12, 2003)
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