China urges outbound workers to pick employers carefully amid crisis

Source: Xinhua | 12-24-2008 09:28

BEIJING, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday urged workers headed for jobs overseas to select employers with care amid the global financial and economic crisis.

The crisis has affected some foreign employers'ability to pay, and overseas workers often become the victims, said an official.

Workers should carefully verify prospective employers'information, said the official.

Recently, about 200 construction workers who went to Romania for jobs told the Chinese embassy about problems including defaults on wages.

China's outbound labor generated revenue of 7.24 billion U.S. dollars from January to November, up 24.2 percent. At the end of November, there were 794,000 Chinese workers working abroad, up 51,000 over a year earlier.

Editor:Liu Anqi