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						Focus on Migrant Workers ■ 10m Migrants Move to City, Farmland Swap ■ Hebei: On-line Job System Help Rural Jobseekers ■ Songs, Kisses and Sweat on Labor Day of Migrant workers ■ 60% of 'New Urban Migrants' Return Home Once a Year ■ 62 Migrant Workers in Shanghai Hospitalized by Contaminated Food ■ Beijing Offers Free Vaccinations to Migrant Workers ■ Migrant Laborers Retrieve Unpaid Salaries ■ Free Legal Aid 'Assists' Migrant Workers ■ Trade Unions to Target Migrant Workers ■ Migrant Workers 'Have 20m' Kids back Home ■ China Launches HIV/AIDS Workplace Education Program ■ Trade Union Vows to Protect Migrant Workers ■ Survey Finds 40% Migrant Laborers Work Overtime ■ Migrant Workers Earn Average Monthly Income of US$120 ■ Young Migrant Workers Shun Hard Labor in Cities ■ 8 Million more Rural Migrant Workers to Join Trade Unions Next Year ■ Over 30 Mln Chinese Rural Migrant Youth Benefit from Training Program ■ Sichuan Tops Chinese Provinces as Largest Source of Migrant Population ■ China, Dupont Cooperate to Improve Work Safety ■ Gov't Earmarks 2 Bln Yuan to Train Migrant Workers ■ Official Calls for Greater Efforts to Help Migrant Workers ■ Injury Insurance to Cover More Migrant Workers ■ US$60 Bln to Reduce Industrial Accidents ■ Sexual Suppression Frustrates Migrants ■ Courts Help Migrant Workers Recover Unpaid Wages ■ Migrant Workers' Moving Stories ■ Occupational Illness and Injuries Cost Billions ■ Migrants Troubled by Lack of Sex ■ Legal Aid Procedures for Migrant Workers Simplified ■ Senior Official Urges Quick Set-up of Labor Contract System ■ China's Workers at Greater Risk of Illness, Injury on Job ■ Workers at Olympic Sites Receive Free Medical Aid ■ Trade Unions Call for Longer Lunch Breaks for Workers During Hot Weather ■ State Council Vows Rural Laborers to Be Paid on Time ■ Central Bank Provides Bank Cards for Migrants ■ Peking University Offers Free Training to Migrant Workers ■ Job Hunters to Receive Free Service at Agencies ■ Firms Face Penalties over Security Payments ■ Court Orders that 260 Migrant Workers Be Paid ■ China Faced with Skilled Labor Shortage ■ Foxconn Refutes Labor Allegations by UK Media ■ Improvement Promised on Work Safety ■ Unions Launch Campaign to Safeguard Migrant Workers ■ Migrant Workers Contribute 16% GDP Growth ■ Customers Want It Cheap, Workers Pay Heavy Price ■ Rural Labor Resources Shortage Felt in China ■ China Reports Fewer Work Accidents ■ New Policies to Facilitate Transfer of Rural Labor to Cities ■ Medical Insurance Regulation Benefits Migrant Workers ■ Photo Show Calls for Public Concerns over Rural Migrant Workers ■ Law to Ensure Education for Kids of Migrant Workers ■ Mistreatment of Workers Highlighted by Trade Union ■ 18 Migrant Workers Win National 'Labor Medal' Award ■ Migrant Workers to Get Basic Job Healthcare ■ Workers' Welfare Urged ■ Workers Seek Changes in Labor Contracts ■ Equal Inoculation for Migrants' Children ■ More Migrant Workers Awarded "Labor Medals" ■ Migrant Wave Drives Shanghai's Population Growth ■ Pilot Scheme Benefits Migrant Workers ■ Urban Redevelopment Affects Migrant Workers ■ Migrant Workers Get More Protection ■ Labor Contract Law Draft Safeguards Workers' Rights ■ TB Hits Migrant Workers Hardest ■ China, EU Combine to Protect Rights of Female Migrant Workers ■ Protection 'Needed' for Migrant Workers ■ Projects to Further Protect Migrant Workers ■ Laws Needed to Ensure Migrant Workers' Wages ■ Farmers Hope for Promising Future ■ Wen's Commitments Sow Seeds of Hope in Migrant Workers' Hearts ■ Survey: 20% Migrant Workers Intend to Live in Cities ■ Migrant Workers Receive Help from Trade Unionists ■ Migrant Workers Expect Higher Monthly Salaries ■ Anti-AIDS Education Program Launched for Migrant Workers ■ Migrant Farmers Put Huge Strain on Trains ■ Education Key to Reducing Crime by Migrant Teenagers: Survey ■ Migrant Workers Spending Holiday in Cities ■ Chinese Cities Share New Year Festival with Migrant Workers ■ Government Helps Migrant Workers Get Unpaid Wages ■ Being to Build Ten 'Shelters' for Women Workers Back Home   Back to China's War on Poverty
			Developing modern agriculture is the Chinese government's top priority in building a new socialist countryside, according to a document jointly released by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council. Eighteen children pose for a picture at a village in Ziyun Miao and Buyi Autonomous County in Guizhou Province, January 22. Among them, twelve children's parents left the village to work in big cities in coastal areas. Chinese farmers saw their net incomes grow to 3,587 yuan ($460) last year, representing the third consecutive year of 6 percent year-on-year growth.   Global Conference on Reducing Poverty - Shanghai Conference Unveils Agenda for Poverty Reduction - Shanghai Agenda on Poverty Reduction - China Promises Common Prosperity for All People Poverty Reduction Reports China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation Annual Report 2001 BBS China's War on Poverty Links China Development Gateway National Bureau of Statistics of China China Charity Federation (CCF) China Youth Development Foundation Planet Finance China Minstry of Civil Affairs (in Chinese) China Poverty Alleviation Network (in Chinese)

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