20 percent of workers will not return to Dongguan: Survey

GUANGZHOU: More than 20 percent of migrant workers in Dongguan, a major manufacturing hub in Guangdong province, will not return to work after the upcoming Spring Festival, according to a new survey.

"Unsound employment conditions, including a common practice of delayed payments" are some of the major reasons while 21 percent of the migrant workers polled don't want to return to Dongguan, once regarded as one of the world's largest manufacturing bases, said a survey conducted by the Guangzhou-based Southern Metropolis Daily.

About 95 migrant workers, aged between 18 and 40, most of them from provinces of Sichuan, Hunan and Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, were interviewed for the survey conducted early this month.