Migrant Workers

The State Council, China’s cabinet, has started an overhaul of measures to protect the rights and interests of migrant workers.

The items under review include employment, entrepreneurship, labor rights, urban public services and permanent urban residence status, according to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.

Six teams have been dispatched to Chongqing Municipality and the provinces of Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong and Liaoning.

The inspection is divided into two phases—self-inspection and field supervision. Local governments must rectify problems found during the inspection.

To expand urbanization, the cabinet announced last year that 100 million migrants will be settled in cities by 2020. by local authorities in the past five years, according to the Ministry of Public Security (MPS).

The Fox Hunt campaign targets suspects who have fled overseas to avoid answering for their alleged economic crimes.

Inter-agency cooperation and the use of new technology boosted the efficiency of tracking those who had changed their identity or undergone cosmetic surgery, the MPS said on November 7.

During the past five years, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy and other countries and regions extradited a total of 16 suspects at China’s requests. Some 17 suspects voluntarily returned to China.