China is trying to reduce the rate of birth defects of newborn children among the migrant population by making use of the Internet.

The All China Federation of Trade Unions says it will coordinate with the relevant government authorities to take effective measures to regularize workers' back pay before the Spring Festival begins at the end of January 2009.

Chinese premier Wen Jiabao said when he visited Beihang University this past week that the government had given top priority to college graduates' employment and would draw up some effective measures to ensure that all students can have a job.

Amway Floating Children's Home, launched by Liaoning Provincial Women's Federation and Amway (China)'s Liaoning branch, has been launched in Xinzhaizi Central Primary School in Gangjinzi District, Dalian, Liaoning to provide aid to migrant children.

The first batch of migrant workers' clinics of Beijing has been unveiled in the city's Yangfangdian Hospital and Chaoyang No. 2 Hospital and will initially benefit Sichuanese.