02-03-2009, 10:58 PM
<b>20 million Chinese migrants lose jobs</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Beijing About 20 million Chinese rural migrants have lost jobs as the nation's economic growth has faltered, a senior official said on Monday, promising policies to boost incomes and a softer approach to potential unrest.
Chen Xiwen, director of the Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group, told a news conference that a recent survey showed 15.3 per cent of the 130 million migrants moving from villages to cities and factories had returned jobless to the countryside.
Adding this year's 6 to 7 million new entrants into the rural labor market, Chen added, China will this year have about 25 million jobless and potentially restive rural unemployed.
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The rising joblessness is also a political threat. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Chen Xiwen, director of the Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group, told a news conference that a recent survey showed 15.3 per cent of the 130 million migrants moving from villages to cities and factories had returned jobless to the countryside.
Adding this year's 6 to 7 million new entrants into the rural labor market, Chen added, China will this year have about 25 million jobless and potentially restive rural unemployed.
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The rising joblessness is also a political threat. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->