Chen Jinchi, a migrant worker from Shatang town in Guyuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, recently got a new job from an electronics company in Fujian province.

He was part of a local program to promote employment.

"My daily job is to produce tempered glass, at a basic monthly salary of 4,000 yuan ($556)," he said. "This income covers my basic living expenses every month."

Chen took a charter flight directly to Fujian for work. He said the government has helped solve everything, and he had no worries, from recruitment to travel expenses.

Many migrant workers agree that the program offers great convenience.

Liu Yanju, from Xinying township of Guyuan, said that because of Ningxia's cooperation with Fujian, she felt the enthusiasm and care of the government and company leaders toward migrant workers.

Liu, who currently works at a plastics company, earns 5,000 to 6,000 yuan monthly, making plastic shoe uppers.

"The work is easy, and our company provides meals and accommodations. Apart from normal expenses, I can also save quite a bit of money," she said.

To take advantage of the peak period of labor mobility — a critical period for enterprises to resume work and production before and after Spring Festival — Guyuan negotiated with the human resources and social security departments of Fuzhou and Xiamen in Fujian to organize enterprises to recruit in Guyuan. Some 168 companies provided 15,000 job positions.

In addition, job information was shared through WeChat public accounts, village groups and self-service terminals.

In recent years, Guyuan has implemented an "employment first" strategy, with more than 300,000 people working in other cities every year. Last year, the city's migrant workers earned an income of 7.5 billion yuan, and more than 10,000 were employed in Fujian.