Three sectors: Protecting migrant workers from equal cultural rights

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 25. The reporter learned on the 25th that the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and the All-China Federation of Trade Unions have issued "About Further Strengthening" to further protect the basic cultural rights of migrant workers and enrich the spiritual and cultural life of migrant workers. The opinion of the peasant workers' cultural work is clear: By 2015, China will form a relatively complete “government-led, enterprise-building, and social participation” migrant worker cultural work mechanism, and establish a relatively stable migrant worker culture funding guarantee mechanism. Cultural services will be effectively incorporated into the public cultural service system.

This is the first time China has fully deployed the cultural construction of migrant workers. The opinions clearly stated that it is necessary to strengthen the government's leadership over the cultural work of migrant workers, give full play to the positive role of urban communities, employment enterprises, and social forces, and create a good situation in which the entire society cares and supports the cultural work of migrant workers. The division of responsibilities for migrant workers is: the government of permanent residence is the main responsibility for the cultural services of migrant workers, the public welfare cultural service entity is the backbone of cultural services for migrant workers, and the urban community and employment enterprises are the main positions of migrant workers' cultural services. It is a useful supplement for migrant workers' cultural services. While ensuring that migrant workers enjoy the same basic public cultural services as urban residents, they must fully respect the unique cultural needs of migrant workers. In particular, they should pay attention to the cultural needs of the new generation of migrant workers and provide targeted public cultural services. At the same time, it is necessary to break down the division of divisions, promote the establishment of a coordination mechanism between departments, effectively integrate and optimize the allocation of cultural service resources for migrant workers in all aspects, and create a migrant workers cultural work mechanism with clear division of labor, overall coordination, complementary advantages, and high quality and efficiency.

The opinion also put forward the support of the public cultural service system, focusing on urban grass-roots communities and employment enterprises, supplemented by social forces, and increased government support for migrant workers' cultural work, and gradually formed “government-led, corporate-building, The general idea of ​​the social participation of the peasant workers' cultural work mechanism, promotes the standardization, institutionalization and normalization of the peasant workers' cultural work, and puts forward the principle of “playing the backbone role of the non-profit cultural organizations” and “promoting the construction of major migrant workers’ culture to benefit the people”. "Some specific measures have clarified the way of thinking for the cultural work of rural migrant workers in the coming period and have made clear the direction.

Relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Culture stated that migrant workers are important participants and contributors to China’s reform, opening up, and modernization. Concern for the spiritual and cultural needs of migrant workers, safeguarding and protecting migrant workers’ rights, and promoting the integration of migrant workers’ cities are the implementation of the scientific concept of development. The important content of building a socialist harmonious society. Culture is a bridge for migrant workers to integrate into the city and plays an important role in enhancing the sense of belonging, dignity and well-being of migrant workers. Strengthening the cultural work of migrant workers, building spiritual homes for migrant workers, and ensuring that migrant workers enjoy the same cultural rights and interests as those of urban residents are necessary requirements for upgrading the cultural quality and moral quality of migrant workers and the integration of migrant workers in urban areas. This is to increase the level and quality of urbanization. It is of great significance to coordinate urban and rural development, safeguard social fairness and justice, and maintain social harmony and stability.