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15M Chinese farmers to lose their land

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-07-25 09:28

Three million Chinese farmers are likely to lose their land every year for the next five years as the country speeds towards urbanization, according to sources with the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.

A Chinese boy works on farmland in the suburbs of Shanghai. Three million Chinese farmers are likely to lose their land every year for the next five years as the country speeds towards urbanization. [Reuters]

 
Over the last ten years, around 40 million farmers have lost their land, said the sources.