The number of migrant workers who have medical
insurance will rise 18.3 percent to 28 million in China this year,
said the Ministry of Labor and Social Security on
Thursday.
Thirty-six million migrant workers will be covered by
work injury insurance this year, compared with 25 million at the
end of November last year.
The ministry said it will push forward the nationwide
safety program launched in May of last year to bring all migrant
workers in high risk sectors, including coal mining and
construction, under the work injury insurance system.
China will provide training
to eight million migrant workers in 2007 to help them compete in
the job market.
The training will prepare four million migrant workers
for re-employment, help 400,000 start their own businesses, and
train 320,000 to be technicians.
China currently has 200
million migrant workers, of whom 120 million work in
cities.
(Xinhua News Agency February 2, 2007)
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