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To: RealMuLan who wrote (476)	8/22/2003 10:13:49 PM
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Skills upgrade for 150 million China peasants As more rural workers flock to cities in search of jobs, training scheme aims to equip them for the transition By Chua Chin Hon BEIJING - Ms Liu Chunmei, 21, never had a chance to operate a computer until 20 days ago when she began a vocational training stint at a school on the southern outskirts of the Chinese capital. THE PLAN Seven-year programme to equip rural workers with vocational skills to work and survive in the cities. OBJECTIVE To ease the labour market's shortage of skilled workers. She left school at 16 and could only work at odd jobs due to her low educational qualifications and lack of a vocational skill. Now she talks animatedly about taking advanced courses in computer skills and plans to leave her native Lanfa village for a shot at working in the Daxin district, a satellite town in southern Beijing. 'There were even some jobs that I couldn't do when I was in the village, such as running the photocopying shop which required some computer skills,' she said. 'I'm glad this opportunity came along for me to upgrade myself.' China wants to target 150 million more peasants like Ms Liu in an ambitious seven-year programme to equip rural workers countrywide with vocational skills to work and survive in the urban centres. State media reports said the '2003-2010 Rural Workers Training Programme' would be officially launched 'soon', but stopped short of announcing a specific date. straitstimes.asia1.com.sg