Migrants need more support

We applaud the establishment of a special department in charge of affairs of migrant workers, which indicates the government's increased attention to protecting these people's rights and interests. We hope the department can perform its full responsibility, says an article in Beijing News. The following is an excerpt:

The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has set up a special department to safeguard the rights of farmers-turned- migrant workers in cities, help them get training and ensure safe working conditions, in a bid to achieve social harmony.

As long as there exists the paradoxical social problem with both shortage of rural workers and their difficulty in getting jobs, the new department may break the ice by strengthening management and public service for the country's 200 million migrant workers.