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Migrant worker lawmaker adapts to legislative life
(Xinhua) Updated: 2008-03-02 22:37 Two Proposals Hu, with only a middle school education, has been struggling to write her proposals to the congress. She has stayed up late many times to revise her two proposals, says her husband, Liu Jiaming, who works in the same company. "I turned to many former deputies for help with the revision. This is the third version," says Hu, pointing to the copy. Her first proposal asks that the government help migrant workers integrate with the social environment where they work. The incomes of migrant workers should continue to be raised and more security is needed for women workers, she suggests. Her second proposal for the congress asks the government to take more care of the children of migrant workers who are left behind in rural villages and towns, often staying at home without parental care. The government should survey and register the children and open hotlines to provide convenient contact with their parents, Hu proposes. "I have twin girls studying in my hometown, I hope they can live a happy life." Hu says. Symbolic And Significant Hu, with the other two migrant worker deputies -- Kang Houming from Chongqing and Zhu Xueqin from Shanghai -- will start the first session of the 11th National People's Congress on Wednesday. They will be the focus of almost 3,000 deputies. A huge and important group in society, migrant workers have their own distinctive demands, says Tang Jun, a social policy researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. |
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