Migrant workers are deserting China’s coastal regions as factories relocate to western China to take advantage of lower costs. Photo: Xinhua Migrant workers are deserting China’s coastal regions as factories relocate to western China to take advantage of lower costs. Photo: Xinhua
Migrant workers are deserting China’s coastal regions as factories relocate to western China to take advantage of lower costs. Photo: Xinhua
China

Migrants quit coastal cities to save money, be nearer home

The number of migrants working in China’s eastern coastal region decreased by 0.2 per cent last year, compared with a 9.4 per cent increase in central China

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Updated: 4:31pm, 20 Feb, 2014

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Migrant workers are deserting China’s coastal regions as factories relocate to western China to take advantage of lower costs. Photo: Xinhua Migrant workers are deserting China’s coastal regions as factories relocate to western China to take advantage of lower costs. Photo: Xinhua
Migrant workers are deserting China’s coastal regions as factories relocate to western China to take advantage of lower costs. Photo: Xinhua
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