Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) chats on-line with netizens at two state news portals in
Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 27, 2010. The two major portals, namely www.gov.cn of the
central government, and www.xinhuanet.com of Xinhua News Agency, jointly interviewed
Premier Wen on Saturday with chosen questions raised by netizens. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing)
BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- Premier Wen Jiabao said during an online chat with Internet users Saturday that China would advance the reform of its household registration system to solve problems for new-generation migrant workers.
Wen said the reform is key to helping the country's new-generation rural migrant workers who have lived and worked in cities for a long time to blend into the urban society.
Migrant workers have already become a main force of China's industrial workers, Wen said.
Under the current household registration system, migrant workers' registered permanent residences, or "hukou" in Chinese, stay in the countryside, which makes it hard for them to get access to welfare in their urban work places.
Wen is talking to Internet users through the central government website www.gov.cn and www.xinhuanet.com, website of Xinhua News Agency.
