May 01, 2024 04:16 AM
CHINA
Shift in Economy Sees Rural Migrant Workers Seeking Jobs Closer to Home
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Construction workers at a housing project in Hangzhou on March 31, 2024.
More rural migrant workers are looking for jobs near their home, rather than working at factories in the Yangtze River Delta or Pearl River Delta regions, a report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows.
The property sector’s downturn has significantly reduced the number of migrant workers it needs in construction and more rural workers are seeking jobs in the service sector in big cities, according to the 2023 report on migrant workers.
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