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Job Assistance

The local authorities should provide targeted employment assistance to prevent people from falling back into poverty due to the epidemic, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the State Council Leading Group Office of Poverty Alleviation and Development said in a circular released on February 24.

Arrangements will be made so that migrant workers can return to work in a safe and orderly manner. Companies, poverty alleviation workshops and farmland irrigation projects should resume operation at the earliest in less affected regions.

Allowances will be given to key enterprises that give preference to qualified poor workers in recruitment. Impoverished workers taking up temporary posts

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