End begging for wages

PROTECTING MIGRANT WORKERS' LEGITIMATE rights and interests would be a good embodiment of the government's emphasis on improving people's livelihoods.

With the Spring Festival approaching, the time when Chinese people traditionally head home for family reunions, we should not forget the country's 240 million migrant workers that all too often have to suffer deferred or unpaid wages.

Millions of migrant workers leave their rural homes each year to sweat in China's bustling cities, factories and construction sites, and their labor stokes the economic boom.