labor - Young migrant workers hate migrant work

A website looked into the reasons behind the ongoing lack of migrant workers. The classic reason has been an increase of the income at the country side, making the trip to the factories less attractive. But this survey suggest that especially the younger migrants hate to do the same dirty work their parents used to do, according to Xinhua.

The report -- based on a survey of over 5,000 migrant workers in 20 cities in the regions-- said that 71 percent of migrant workers under the age of 30 preferred service work in restaurants and hotels or skilled work with decent pay.

The report compiled figures from city labor departments to indicate that in the first quarter of the year, only 180,000 migrant workers filled 520,000 urgent job vacancies in the cities.

The website was set up in August 2005 by a consulting company with support from labor authorities in east China's Zhejiang Province. Besides providing employment and work-skill training information to migrant workers, it carries out market surveys and analyses for government bodies.