A recent survey shows only 7.6 percent of migrant workers eking out a living in China's cities, are satisfied with their lives. What's your understanding of "migrant workers" and do you think the society and media are helping widen up or narrow down the gap between normal citizens and migrant workers?

Most migrant workers come from villages,and they will live a better life in city than villages.In fact,some of them don't have a good life compared with the person originally in city.They do the dirtiest things but actually pay less money.Fortunately,our society and media have noticed such phenomena,and they try their best to narrow down the gap between migrant workeers and citizens in city.

Today in China, you could see an army of migrant workers here and there,especially in some big cities.They are all farmers and come from the rural area.In order to lead their life ,they leave their native place.As far as I am concerned I appreciate their hardworking,cause they are not easy.we should't look down upon them,on the contrary we should respect them.

To our relief ,the society and media are give their hands to narrow down the gap between normal citizens and migrant workers,and I do hope all walks of life could do them a favour and respect their works.

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See problems as challenges and opportunities .

I think it is a big problem !

I spent my childhood in rural area ,in a samll village east of China .My parents do their all work by hands  for my family ,then ,my old brother would like to go out my poor and needly  hometown and to found some hard work in the city .He told me that ,the citizens had a better lifes than the migrant workers , though he worked in city ,he had  a low station .All  hard work is done by migrant workers  in the cities ,as flats building and vegetables saleing.

My bother's work  is not easily than my parents , but he could earn much more than parents did ,and  now has a better level that some ones who didn't go out as my brother , later  ,i could also get enough money for my university .I think  this is the reason why now days we have so many migrant works .

As a new citizen ,when  seeing  the beautiful  city buildings ,the clearn streets , i think we should give  the migrant workers more !

It is impossible that everyone was born in the equal environments. Some live in the poor and remote villages since they were children while the others in the big and rich city. But everybody should face the tense competition. Only will the people brave enogh to challenge the harsh conditions win.

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highly competitive as the modern society seems to be, knowledge has played an important role in deciding whether you can build up career successfully, although the unemployment situation is a little bit unfair. many migrant workers drop out of school so early and seldom receive professional training. so when they enter into cities to find jobs, they are forced to take up intensive labour work.i think the most effective way to tackle this problem is to allow more off-farm workers to have chances to enjoy vocational education.
 

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once upon a time , my parents were the migrant workers in the city , they were just peasants in the countryside ,but when they were in their early 30's ,they decided to go to the city to make fortunes.to everyone's surprise,they made it after they arrived at the city 5 years later!They became the citizensof this city and had no difference from the momal citizens at all .They are posessioning their house , car and even the society identities .Also they can go to the most expensive restaturants to dine , there is no diffrence at all !i guess this is something related with the policy that the government set up , they incourange the people in the ocuntryside to move into the city to create public wealth for the whole society , in return , the migrant workers ' statues have been changed a lot .This is about mutual profites and also a good thing .still i have to say the gap between the normal citizens and migreant workers have been narrowing day by day .

Attention should be paid to the migrant people in order to narrow the gap between them and citizens. some of migrant people also bring some social problems while some of them make fortune for cites.

migrant workers move to cities for a better life. they may earn more money than before,  but it also results in many society problems. for instance, many families have to seperate with each other, adults not  living ordinary lives,and children short of love from parents. migrant wokers also have to bear pessures coming from citizens. mrked contrastion and less respect may affect their psychology severely.

the best way to solve the problem is to impove the incomes of peasants. then becaming a migrant worker is only a change of living manner other than striving for good life.

This is a transparent and honest thread, I think. More subjects like this!

Tuomo

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beyondbj:

A recent survey shows only 7.6 percent of migrant workers eking out a living in China's cities, are satisfied with their lives. What's your understanding of "migrant workers" and do you think the society and media are helping widen up or narrow down the gap between normal citizens and migrant workers?

 

Local governments must also step up the registration of migrant workers and home rentals in their jurisdictions and help set up a region-wide information-sharing network, it said.

Source:

China - Security

China's Xinjiang issues new anti-terror rules: state media

Source : AFP 06.01.2010

 

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Tuomo:

This is a transparent and honest thread, I think. More subjects like this!

Tuomo

How could you say that Tuomo?!!!

That's the most biased thread that i have read in here.

Everybody in this country is a citizen whether is a farmer in a village or a resident in the city and

the government is responsible for all of it's citizens to get free education at least up to the diploma and free healthcare and

the government must also gaurantee to buy the farmers products to a fixed price in case the suply is more than demand and the government must ensure their products against the natural desasters in order to let them survive the harsh conditions of the farm works.

Right now the government encourages these poor farmers to flood the cities in order to always have a surplus of cheap labour for the industries whether is local or foreign.

when the suply is more than demand that creates an unfair condition for the migrant workers,so they get paid less for more work.

Their pay might be more than working in the farm,but not enough for what they sacrefice for it,hard work, more working hours, away from home,work hasards and so on....

Do you call this advantage?

Is this narrowing the gap?

Is it fair?

Do you like to be in their place?

These are the questions that you have to answer.

I believe the labour law must be changed in this country to be able to narrow the gap between the city workers and the migrant workers.

That is the only solution or at least the main solution.

 

jashua:

Tuomo:

This is a transparent and honest thread, I think. More subjects like this!

Tuomo

How could you say that Tuomo?!!!

Jashua, I meant the subject, not most of the contributions - to me very informative as an outsider.

 

jashua:

That's the most based threads that i have read in here.

You have to mean "biased".

 

jashua:

Everybody in this country is a citizen whether is a farmer in a village or a resident in the city and...

As a total stranger I strongly agree with you morally. And you talk about "this country" like being a citizen - what I am not.  

 

jashua:

...the government is responsible for all of it's citizens to get free education at least up to diploma and free healthcare and the government must also gaurantee to buy the farmers products to a fixed price in case the suply is more than demand and the government must ensure their products against the natural desasters in order to let them survive the harsh conditions of the farm works.

Wether you are a citizen or not you seem to know the constitution of the country. I´m a total stranger here.

jashua:

Right now the government encourages these poor farmers to flood the cities in order to always hae a surplus of cheap labour for the industries whether is local or foreign.

when the sply is more than demand that creates an unfair conditions for the migrant workers,so they get paid less for more work.

Their pay might be mre than working in the farm,but not enough for what they sacrefice for it,hard work, mor working hurs, away from home,work hasards and so on....

Do you call this advantage?

Is this narroing the gap?

Is it fair?

Do you like to be in their place?

These are the questions that you have to answer.

I beieve the labour law must be changed in this country to be able to narrow the gap between the city workers and the migrant workers.

That is the only solution or at least the main solution.

I fully undersand your point here. In a way I feel more like "a migrant worker" - through my personal history and otherwise. I have to read more carefully the house rules and the laws about internet behaviour in question of foreigners. I´ll keep a break - not because of fear or lack of some knowledge/views about the (universal) rights of workers.

Sincerely,

Tuomo

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Sorry about the typing mistakes that i made above.

I apologize for that.

I typed it too fast without paying enough attention.

I hope you all forgive me for that.

Here are three excellent articles relating to the regional development in the People´s Republic of China. As far as I can see they are very closely related to the situation and interests of "migrant workers" (real and potential), as well.

In spite of all the development dynamics, the question about the rights  ( both as objective legal facts and as felt justice/injustice) of "migrant workers" still remains, but it´s mainly between this nationally important worker group and the state. The fourth article is about openness, which has a somewhat closer connection to the big country and its foreign relations...

Tuomo

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