Category: Rural Migrant Worker

ANALYSIS: Beijing Conducts Training for Village Officials Nationwide as Rural Conflicts Intensify

China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) recently conducted a rare training session for village officials nationwide. Experts have suggested the move would be part of the CCP’s attempts to address its power crisis resulting from intensified conflicts in rural areas. The large-scale simultaneous training courses, jointly organized by the Central Committee and the Party School,…


IN-DEPTH: Job Prospects for China’s Rural Migrant Workers Worsen as Labor-Intensive Industries Decline

China’s labor-intensive industries were hit hard by extreme zero-COVID measures, with business woes continuing this year, leaving the employment outlook bleak for rural migrant workers. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping on April 29 stressed in a Central Political Bureau economic meeting of the need to “expand employment channels”. Xi also emphasized the need to “stabilize…