Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu on Friday urged young migrant
rural workers to "aim high and work hard" to contribute to the
development of China.
In his message to a national conference on young migrant rural
workers in Fuzhou, eastern Fujian Province, Hui said that young
rural workers migrating into cities were a dynamic force emerging
from the country's economic reforms and a significant component of
the socialist modernization drive.
Hui said he hoped young migrant rural workers would strive to be
exemplary pioneers in abiding by laws and getting rich by doing
honest labor.
He urged the Communist Youth League, a organization for young
Chinese, to provide more technical training to rural migrant
laborers and defend their legitimate interests.
With the acceleration of urbanization, more young Chinese would
migrate from rural areas into cities. The Communist Youth League
must mobilize all its branches and offer practical helps to them,
Hui said.
China's migrant worker population stands at 120 million, about
13.3 percent of the total rural population, according to official
figures.
(Xinhua News Agency January 13, 2007)