Improved conditions lure migrants back to Guangdong

GUANGZHOU: Having previously suffered from a shrinking labor force, South China's Guangdong Province is luring back migrant workers because of a "significant rise" in welfare and wages, labor authorities said.

The average monthly income of a migrant worker in the Pearl River Delta rose to 1,298 yuan ($170.80) in the first half of this year, up 150 yuan on the same period last year, according to figures released by the provincial labor and social security department.

The figure has also for the first time surpassed the average 1,296 yuan ($170.50) per month in the Yangtze River Delta, another big labor pool in the country, which had previously lured workers out of Guangdong.