Advisors call for measures to raise migrants' salaries

Political advisors yesterday called on the government to make greater efforts to raise migrant workers' salaries and ensure they have a better standard of living.

With more than 200 million such workers in cities across China, how to better protect their rights and interests has become a crucial issue, members of the country's top political advisory body said yesterday in Beijing at a meeting on achieving more balanced development between urban and rural areas.

They also called for substantial measures to be taken to provide these workers with insurance for workplace injuries, better educational opportunities for their children and more affordable housing.