Chen Xiweng pointed out at the press conference held by the Information Office of the State Council on February 2 that about 20 million migrant workers have lost their jobs or have not found a job and returned home due to this financial crisis, accounting for 15.3% of the total number of migrant workers employed away from home. Including farmers who join the ranks of working away from home every year, employment for 25 million farmers is under great pressure this year. Chen Xiweng said that the country pays high attention to the employment problems of migrant workers. On December 20, 2008, the General Office of the State Council issued a notice requiring urban areas and developed coastal areas to encourage enterprises to dismiss as few migrant workers as possible; governments at all levels should provide more vocational skills training opportunities for migrant workers who are temporarily unemployed; all public facility construction invested by the government should try to absorb more migrant workers for employment; for migrant workers who have already returned home, the government will take work-for-relief measures, encouraging them to participate in rural infrastructure construction; helping migrant workers to start their own businesses after returning home;切实 safeguarding the land security rights of migrant workers going out, so that if they really have no other work to do when they come back home, the contracted land at home can still guarantee food and clothing.