Resistance Of Immigration Of Rural Female Labor

Since china took the reform and open policy in 1978, huge amount of immigration has taken place in China. During this period, a large number of women also have left their home and started to work in cities. They play an important role in the national labor market and contribute a lot to the development of China.The paper made a research of immigration of female labors based on a village of Jiangsu province by questionnaires and interviews.The paper divided them into three groups. First group is women who work out of village. This group is mostly unmarried and younger ladies. The reasons why they choose to work out of village are to earn money or to get experiences. Female labor that has junior school education or higher level education prefers to go out of work. They got the information from classmates and relatives, while the support from government is limited. Their working places cover most of the rich area such as south part of Jiangsu and relatively developed provinces. Their income is very small and most of them are working in factories where technology and skills requirement are very low. Second group we call it returned females. Women selected to return to home after a period working in cities because of marriages and aging.The last group is women who never leave their household for a job. There are many reasons for this. Lower education, fear and no time because they have to take care of old persons are the main reasons for this. The paper finally got an impression that resistance immigration of rural female labor not only related to individuals but also related to policies. Policies of outsource areas and in source areas have a strong influence on immigration of rural female labors. Policies such as family planning, land exchange are obstacles for outsource villages while ID management, human resource, education and social security are barrels to in source places.Based on the research above and analysis of all factors, the paper brings out some suggestions for government to take further actions.