China (The People's Republic of): Communication and Public Information

December 2008 

• ILO, China launch first HIV/AIDS prevention campaign for internal rural migrant workers
  17 December 2008 - The 200 million internal migrant workers in China play a vital role in the country’s mining, construction, and transportation sectors. But the lack of awareness about HIV puts them at risk of contracting the disease. Last November, the ILO and China’s State Council AIDS Committee Office jointly launched the country’s first HIV/AIDS prevention campaign for internal rural migrant workers. ... (Article)

December 2006 

• International Migrants Day (18 December 2006) Reversing the brain drain in China: the return of the 'sea turtles'
  11 December 2006 - As China's economy continues to grow exponentially, the country faces a shortage of locally educated managers with international experience. But more and more Chinese who previously left the country to study abroad are heading back to the land of opportunities, according to a recent article in the ILO's International Labour Review ( Note 1). (Article)

December 2005 

• PREVENTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN CHINA -
  07 December 2005 - While China’s economy booms, many workers leave the countryside to make money in the cities or even abroad. The ILO’s Mekong Project to Combat Trafficking aims to raise awareness of the problem and teach about safe migration. (Video)