Policy digest

More support for migrant workers

The State Council decided to further support the employment of migrant workers at an executive meeting on Wednesday.

Local authorities should take effective measures to create more jobs for migrant workers and guarantee jobs for those who live in an urban area for most of the year, the meeting was told.

They should also work vigorously to develop service sectors related to daily life and labor-intensive sectors, and implement more favorable policies for companies that hire more migrant workers.

The State Council called for the government to support migrant workers wanting to find jobs near their homes and to expand employment through measures such as developing infrastructure projects.

It also asked governments to pay more to laborers from poor families who work in government-aid infrastructure projects.

Migrant workers who have started their own business for the first time and have had the business up and running for at least six months can be granted half their startup business subsidies in advance, the meeting was told.

The government should also step up efforts to ensure that impoverished people can find jobs, it heard.