Source: CCTV.com

03-13-2009 10:20

Special Report:   2009 NPC & CPPCC Sessions

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Live from Beijing, i am Tian Wei. and this is Voices and Votes on CCTV International. 20 million migrant workers lost their jobs after the traditional Chinese new year.

As the financial crisi hit the country harder, the challenges facing China's rural population is ever increasing. Yet as the country is eager to stimulate its economy, many are looking to the Chinese farmers again, except them to increaseing comsumption. How to understand the complex role rural China and rural population play at this challenging time?