农民工,一个被确认了的新称谓,一个特殊却又和亿万家庭紧密相联的群体。他们是在我国改革开放和工业化、城镇化进程中涌现出的一支新型劳动大军,广泛分布在国民经济的各个行业,为城市繁荣、农村发展和国家现代化建设做出了重大贡献。农民工进城,有利于沟通城乡关系,调整城乡社会结构,缓解农村劳动力过剩的矛盾,同时增加农民收入。但在农民工身上曾一度存在和发生着侵犯其合法权益、在就业方面受不合理限制等问题。这些问题是在特定的历史条件下形成的,要从根本上解决,将是一项大的系统工程。 3月27日,《国务院关于解决农民工问题的若干意见》正式发布。这是中央落实科学发展观,统筹城乡发展、解决“三农”问题的又一重大举措。 Migrant workers, a new title that has been identified, a group that is unique but closely linked to hundreds of millions of families. They are a new type of labor force that has emerged in the process of China’s reform and opening up and industrialization and urbanization. They are widely distributed in various industries in the national economy and have made significant contributions to urban prosperity, rural development and national modernization. Migrant workers into the city, is conducive to communicating the relationship between urban and rural areas, adjust the social structure of urban and rural areas, alleviating the contradiction of excess rural labor force, while increasing peasant income. However, problems such as infringement of their lawful rights and interests and unreasonable restrictions on employment once existed and occurred in migrant workers. These problems are formed under certain historical conditions. To solve them fundamentally will be a major systematic project. On March 27, a number of Opinions of the State Council on Solving the Problem of Migrant Workers were promulgated. This is yet another major move by the Central Government in implementing the scientific concept of development, balancing urban and rural development and solving the “three rural issues.”