Migrants deserve equal rights

Even if 20 percent migrant workers enjoy same facilities as urban residents, they will boost growth by 1 percentage point

China's about 200 million migrant workers are a special social group, created by the country's social and economic transformation. But despite their great contribution to China's industrialization and urbanization for three decades, they have not received their fair share of the economic fruits.

Expediting the transformation of the country's economic growth model is a prime task of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015). The migrant workers' issue is closely related to many aspects of this task, including urbanization and bridging the gaps between urban and rural areas and between the rich and the poor.