Home Environment Protection: Education and Training People's Daily (2001-03-30)

40 million of agricultural labor forces will be transferred
in the coming five years

( Abstract )

During the coming five years, China will transfer 40 million agricultural labor forces. The Ministry of Labor and Social Security will spread overall and makes some rural employment experimental experience in some rural areas. Various channels, including employment function training, exporting labor service and petty loans will support and promote the rural employment...

The rural employment experiment is conducted in Tangxian County of Hebei Province, Dingxi, Guanghe and Minxian counties of Gansu Province, and Yichun of Jiangxi Province since 1997. Special outlay for promoting the rural employment is established at the experimental units. Near 30,000 surplus rural labor forces were directly employed and 500 farmers' households increased income. At present China's agricultural surplus labor forces reach 150 million. The number will be increased in the future...



In other subjects: Sustainable Development: Poverty Reduction
Environment Protection: Government Activities
Agriculture: Income of Farmers
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