Govt moves to ensure migrants' wages paid

China will take steps to ensure over the long-term that migrant workers get their wages - a problem that had been a pain in the neck for many of the country's 200 million-plus people working away from their hometowns, high-ranking officials said on Friday.

Five measures will be carried out to make sure every migrant worker is paid promptly and fully, said Qiu Xiaoping, vice-minister of human resources and social security, at a policy briefing hosted by the State Council Information Office.

Provincial governments should take the overall responsibility of enforcing the timely payment of wages to migrant workers, while city and county governments should carry out specific tasks aimed at achieving that goal, the vice-minister said. A prime area of focus is the construction sector, where every project should have timely wage distribution, he said.