Human Resource: China to train 8m rural laborers in 2007

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Human Resource: China to train 8m rural laborers in 2007

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-07-10 16:20

China will train eight million rural laborers this year to make them more
employable, according to the Ministry of Labor and Social Security.

The move is part of the ministry's plan to provide job training
opportunities to a total of 40 million rural laborers over the 11th
Five-Year plan period (2006-2010).

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The ministry urged local governments to provide training subsidies to the
eight million laborers, half of whom will be migrant workers already in
cities and the other half rural people intending to move to urban areas
to work.

The ministry also required labor departments at all levels to establish a
long-term training mechanism for rural laborers to maintain employment
levels.

China is under great employment pressure as laid-off workers of
state-owned firms, an increasing number of college students, and surplus
rural laborers farmers are all looking for jobs, according to the
ministry.

The government had spent 2.14 billion yuan (US$278 million) on job
training for 8.6 million rural laborers from 2006 to March 2007.

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