Guangdong cracks down on child labor in factories

The Guangdong government has vowed to launch a province-wide investigation to end child labor after local newspapers reported that more than 1,000 children from Liangshan, Sichuan province, were working at factories of Dongguan.

The emergency management office of the Guangdong government yesterday said that every factory in the province must be checked to see if they are using child labor.

Illegal job intermediaries, which brought the children to Guangdong, will also face tough punishment.