China to tackle woes of unpaid migrant workers: minister
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BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- China has pledged to eradicate 1 crimes related to delaying or denying salary payments before 2015, a prominent source of complaints for migrant workers, Yin Weimin, minister of human resources and social security, said Wednesday.
Wage delays have been a perennial 2 headache for hundreds of millions of migrant workers, who often lack formal contracts and are sometimes left unpaid 3 after their companies report low earnings 4 or declare bankruptcy 5.
Such cases, however, have seen a yearly decline in number, and the trend should end before the 2011-2015 period is complete, Yin said at a press conference held during the country's ongoing 6 legislative 7 session.
Yin said China has implemented 8 several measures to tackle the problem, including writing "intentional 9 delay of salary payments" into the criminal law last February.
"Over the past year, Chinese police have handled more than 300 such cases and taken over 200 of them to court," Yin said.
An advanced payment mechanism 10 and a requirement for "guarantee money" from construction companies have also been created by the government in response to complaints about wage delays.
v.根除，消灭，杜绝
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adj.终年的；长久的
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adj.未付款的，无报酬的
- Doctors work excessive unpaid overtime.医生过度加班却无报酬。
- He's doing a month's unpaid work experience with an engineering firm.他正在一家工程公司无偿工作一个月以获得工作经验。
n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得
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n.破产；无偿付能力
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- His firm is just on thin ice of bankruptcy.他的商号正面临破产的危险。
adj.进行中的，前进的
- The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
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n.立法机构，立法权；adj.立法的，有立法权的
- Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
- Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效
- This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
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adj.故意的，有意（识）的
- Let me assure you that it was not intentional.我向你保证那不是故意的。
- His insult was intentional.他的侮辱是有意的。
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