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Hopeful future for returning workers
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January 3, 2009, Saturday
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FENG Guangping finally sees the hope of having a real house.
"A house means a real home," said Feng, 41, whose current "home" is a 10-square-meter compartment in a residential community's vehicle shed in Yinchuan, capital of the northwestern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
He applied several times for a low-rent house, but he might have better luck this time, thanks to China's 900-billion-yuan (US$130 million) plan for low and middle-income housing.
"I finally see hope," Fan said after community staffer Li Xuehua told him his application was in the queue, meaning he had qualified.
About 7.5 million low-income urban families and 2.4 million households in shantytowns are expected to benefit from the housing stimulus package over the next three years. As economic growth slows, central and local governments have sought to soften the blow for low-income and unemployed households.
"Without the free skill-training class funded by the government, I'd just be killing time," said Zhang Daxue, a migrant worker who has returned to his hometown in Bijie City, southwestern Guizhou Province.
Zhang worked in a power company in the northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region with a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan. But his salary fell to 1,000 yuan because of the financial crisis.
He has joined an electric-welding class funded by the Baiyun District government of Bijie. Zhang said the lack of formal training kept his pay low. He said he hoped that, with a certificate, he would find a job in his home province, which is to start highway and hydroelectric projects in 2009.
About 7.8 million migrant workers have returned home, partly because of factories that have closed amid the global slowdown, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
The central government has told local governments to offer free training for the unemployed.
China has also urged companies to reduce job cuts. However, millions of college graduates are finding job-hunting hard. Education authorities have urged graduates to take grass-roots posts in the countryside and told colleges to keep students enrolled doing research work.
In February, a project involving 40 universities and 30 economic development zones will be launched to help graduates find work.
"A house means a real home," said Feng, 41, whose current "home" is a 10-square-meter compartment in a residential community's vehicle shed in Yinchuan, capital of the northwestern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
He applied several times for a low-rent house, but he might have better luck this time, thanks to China's 900-billion-yuan (US$130 million) plan for low and middle-income housing.
"I finally see hope," Fan said after community staffer Li Xuehua told him his application was in the queue, meaning he had qualified.
About 7.5 million low-income urban families and 2.4 million households in shantytowns are expected to benefit from the housing stimulus package over the next three years. As economic growth slows, central and local governments have sought to soften the blow for low-income and unemployed households.
"Without the free skill-training class funded by the government, I'd just be killing time," said Zhang Daxue, a migrant worker who has returned to his hometown in Bijie City, southwestern Guizhou Province.
Zhang worked in a power company in the northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region with a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan. But his salary fell to 1,000 yuan because of the financial crisis.
He has joined an electric-welding class funded by the Baiyun District government of Bijie. Zhang said the lack of formal training kept his pay low. He said he hoped that, with a certificate, he would find a job in his home province, which is to start highway and hydroelectric projects in 2009.
About 7.8 million migrant workers have returned home, partly because of factories that have closed amid the global slowdown, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.
The central government has told local governments to offer free training for the unemployed.
China has also urged companies to reduce job cuts. However, millions of college graduates are finding job-hunting hard. Education authorities have urged graduates to take grass-roots posts in the countryside and told colleges to keep students enrolled doing research work.
In February, a project involving 40 universities and 30 economic development zones will be launched to help graduates find work.
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