{"id":11529,"date":"2007-03-05T16:56:57","date_gmt":"2007-03-05T23:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/03\/05\/make-migrants-aware-of-occupational-diseases-china-daily\/"},"modified":"2007-03-05T16:56:57","modified_gmt":"2007-03-05T23:56:57","slug":"make-migrants-aware-of-occupational-diseases-china-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/03\/make-migrants-aware-of-occupational-diseases-china-daily\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Make migrants aware’ of occupational diseases – China Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a> The Ministry of Health sought society’s help yesterday to raise the country’s 200 million migrant workers’ awareness about laws and rights on occupational diseases because their health was a big hazard for sustainable development.<\/p>\n “Migrant workers account for up to 90 percent of occupational diseases, even though they are protected by the Law on Occupational Disease Prevention<\/a>,” Vice-Minister of Health Chen Xiaohong ( \u00c8\u00f4\u00e0\u00c2\u00ef\u220f\u00c2\u00c6\u00e8) said at a law promotion program at Beijing Railway Station, which was attended by many migrant workers who had just returned after Spring Festival.<\/p>\n Meng Guofang, 43, a worker from Central China’s Henan Province<\/a>, has been working at construction sites in Beijing for years but knew nothing about the law. But after attending yesterday’s program, he said: “Now I know I have a law to protect myself.” [Full Text]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A great piece of work by a senior Chinese government official tackling the health care problem for migrant workers, a long neglected corner of society. From China Daily: The Ministry of Health sought society’s help yesterday to raise the country’s 200 million migrant workers’ awareness about laws and rights on occupational diseases because their health […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10,5],"tags":[275,4575],"class_list":["post-11529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-law","category-society","tag-migrant-workers","tag-occupational-diseases","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nA great piece of work by a senior Chinese government official tackling the health care problem for migrant workers, a long neglected corner of society. From China Daily:<\/p>\n