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China to create 400,000 jobs for ethnic minorities
Thursday February 02, 2012 08:02:05 PM,
IANS
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Beijing: China will
create 400,000 jobs this year for ethnic minorities in the
country's western Xinjiang Uyghur region, the government said
Thursday.
Ma Mingcheng, deputy head of the regional legislature, said people
will also be able to sue their employers for discrimination based
on race, gender, religion and disability.
These benefits are envisaged as part of a new government
regulation, reports China Daily.
It embodies the "principle of fairness and attaches great
importance to job creation for ethnic minorities", Ma said.
Xinjiang is a desert region, with 40 percent of its population
belonging to the Uyghur ethnic minority. Agriculture has been the
region's primary economic engine.
The lack of industries in the region has limited the job prospects
for the residents.
The region's unemployment rate was 3.2 percent at the end of 2010,
an official data showed.
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