'It's not the life I want to live', says worker

BEIJING - With no idea about her future, Liu Ye walked along the country road that took her home in Central China's Hunan province in July.

The 25-year-old migrant worker was returning from neighboring Guangdong province because her parents expected her to date a local man, marry and settle in her hometown to support them in their old age.

Liu took her first job in a shoe factory in Shenzhen eight years ago after graduating from a junior middle school.