By Sue-Lin Wong. Dozens of coal miners and laid-off workers in Shuangyashan, in northeastern Heilongjiang Province near Russia, said they were underemployed and underpaid, sometimes earning only a fifth of what they used to, despite rising living costs.
They said a heavy police presence was discouraging further mass protests. He also declined to give his full name. The number of mining protests in China dropped from a high of 37 in January to 6 in December, CLB figures showed. So far, China has not released any comparison of its success rates with employment programs nationwide, and analysts say there is little transparency on how the funds are being spent.
But workers in some other parts of China have similar tales to tell. But the man, who only identified himself as Wang, said he was luckier than most. Other laid-off workers said they had to return to their farms, where they could hope for little more than subsistence.
Longmay, the state coal producer in northeastern Heilongjiang, received more than million yuan from the new fund last year to help it deal with coal output cuts and reallocating workers to other jobs, according to a government document. I think they need to increase the scale significantly. You need money, connections to become an entrepreneur.
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