The central government's website has opened a special section on enhancing service and management to rural migrant workers and the protection of migrant workers' rights, the URL of which is http://www.gov.cn/ztzl/nmg/index.htm.

The new website will focus on introducing migrant workers' jobs and their working conditions. It includes five columns on "regulations on managing rural migrant workers' wages," "migrant workers' social security problems," "migrant workers' employment and training service," "protection of migrant workers' legal rights," and "implementation of public service to migrant workers". These topics introduce the central government's policies and measures on migrant workers. The website also contains state leaders' speeches and comments on migrant workers' problems.

Source: China Labour Market website (www.lm.gov.cn) (9 November 2006)

10 November 2006