Premier Wen Jiabao has said China will step up efforts to
facilitate the orderly flow of redundant rural labors into towns
for new jobs in the coming five years.
Wen made the remarks in his explanation of the Proposal on the
Eleventh Five-year Program at the Fifth Session of the 16th
Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee a week ago, but
his explanation wasn't released to the public until Wednesday.
According to Wen, China will speed up economic development in
small towns to create more job opportunities for migrant workers,
thus increasing their income.
This is only part of China's program for the coming five years
to ease rural poverty and narrow the growing gap between rural and
urban areas.
Wen also promised that China will push forward the reform of the
rural tax system, to invest more in education and medical services
in the countryside and experiment with new land acquisition
methods.
(Xinhua News Agency October 9, 2005)