Advisors and deputies to the ongoing people's congress of Guangzhou have called for the city government to do more to deal with unemployment and public welfare issues.
"The global financial crisis is biting deeper into the city's economic development; very likely many citizens' lives will be affected," said Sun Suijun, vice-chairman of the Guangzhou Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese and a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference's Guangzhou committee.
"The government should pay enough attention to the issue and take active measures to avoid employed citizens from losing jobs and to create a maximal number of job opportunities for local job seekers," Sun added.
Citing the outcome of a recent survey conducted late last year, he said about one fourth of Guangzhou citizens found it more difficult to make money in 2008 than in 2007 and are unsatisfied with the current situation.
Closely related to the poor economic environment and employment prospects, he said, the city's public security will meet more severe challenges this year, which the city government should also pay enough attention to.
Sun's concerns were shared by several deputies to this year's Guangzhou congress, including Zhang Qingping.
"The mayor's government work report on Monday mentioned the attempts to deal with unemployment and public security problems, but not in much detail; I think related departments should prepare for concrete measures as soon as possible," Zhang said yesterday.
"And the city government should increase the budget for the improvement of the citizens' social welfare and living standard," he said.
Source: China Daily
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