Shanxi to Institute Permanent Mechanism Protecting Migrant Workers——An interview with Yu Youjun  

作　　者：WANG SHUIXIA 

机构地区：[1]OUR STAFF REPORTER

出　　处：《The Journal of Human Rights》2007年第6期2-5,共4页人权（英文版）

摘　　要：On June 1, 2007, the Standing Committee of the Shanxi Provincial People＇s Congress approved a local decree entitled the Regulations on Protection of the Rights and Interests of Migrant Workers, which became effective on July 1, 2007. The Regulations, the first local legislation of its kind ever adopted by a Chinese province, immediately followed exposure of some shocking cases in which hundreds of migrant workers from poverty-stricken rural areas, including junior and mentally retarded citizens, were held in virtual slavery at illegally-run brickworks in the province.In the current Chinese terminology, ＂migrant workers＂ refer to rural laborers who are seeking a better life by taking permanent or temporary jobs in cities. Following is an interview given by Yu Youjun on the Regulations and the slave labor scandal. Yu was governor of Shanxi Province at the time of the interview and was appointed vice-minister of culture shortly after the interview, in August 2007.On June 1, 2007, the Standing Committee of the Shanxi Provincial People＇s Congress approved a local decree entitled the Regulations on Protection of the Rights and Interests of Migrant Workers, which became effective on July 1, 2007. The Regulations, the first local legislation of its kind ever adopted by a Chinese province, immediately followed exposure of some shocking cases in which hundreds of migrant workers from poverty-stricken rural areas, including junior and mentally retarded citizens, were held in virtual slavery at illegally-run brickworks in the province.In the current Chinese terminology, ＂migrant workers＂ refer to rural laborers who are seeking a better life by taking permanent or temporary jobs in cities. Following is an interview given by Yu Youjun on the Regulations and the slave labor scandal. Yu was governor of Shanxi Province at the time of the interview and was appointed vice-minister of culture shortly after the interview, in August 2007.

分 类 号：D922.5[政治法律—民商法学]