Spring Festival this year was something special and sweet Xiulong Liang, a 39-year-old immigrant working in a textile dyeing company in the province of Zhejiang, China.
For the first time in her life, had a ride on an airplane and free.
This 1700-mile journey from his home in Sichuan Province in China received more than three hours.
I certainly would not travel by plane, if I pay the same ticket, said Liang. A single ticket costs more than 1,600 yuan ($ 234), almost equivalent to monthly salary, while the bench in the train should not more than 500 yuan.
In recent years, the trip took about 40 hours in crowded trains. It was the worst, had more time to travel to stand no place.
But no matter how difficult it is, (I) want to go home and celebrate the (Lunar) New Year, he told news agency Xinhua.
For millions of Chinese migrant workers, the week-long holiday for the most important traditional Chinese New Year celebration event is a year to see the best chance, and their families every year to celebrate the occasion with their loved ones. Nothing could prevent them from this trip. This year, the new year begins Saturday.
Liang employer pays the ticket. They enjoy the free ride as a basis for the first 10 employees of the company in Shaoxing County, the largest Asian-based textiles.
This year, more than 100 employers in Zhejiang have organized three charter flights home to around 1,000 workers of the best come from Sichuan Province to fly.
Sichuan is a major source of migrant workers in Zhejiang, south wing of Yangtze River Delta, one of the main export markets are China-based industrial center. More than 2 million Sichuan-migrant workers in Zhejiang.
Open air or train ticket is just one of many measures of other companies in the states and coastal areas of Zhejiang to attract industry to migrant workers, which of course increases the cost.
For fear of worsening labor shortage that enterprises in Zhejiang and other areas, and promised to offer higher salaries for all employees, plus a maintenance allowance, and the highest best health insurance.
Government data show the wages of migrant workers in Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shanghai has doubled over the past five years has increased at a rate twice that of GDP growth over the same period.
Jiangsu, the north wing of the Yangtze River Delta, announced last month to raise the minimum wage by 12 percent to 960 yuan per month.
Some businesses in south-central Guangzhou Pearl River Delta had also voluntarily for wage increases for workers who face a shortage of workers last year because of accelerating economic recovery.
Apart from fears of lack of work is that fewer people are willing, in these provinces in inland Sichuan, Anhui, hundreds of miles in the business working from home.
For migrant workers who work on farms in coastal areas do not seem as attractive as before. You have more opportunities at home by the flow of investment within the country Shida said Chen, director of the Research Institute of Zhejiang, Labor and Social Affairs.
Free tickets to raise labor costs and higher wages for forced labor and Chinese companies in a dilemma. Furthermore, the increase in land prices increases the production costs of manufacturers in China and weakening profits.
How can low construction companies to increase wages for workers? We have achieved a dollar since the 100 pairs of socks to sell, said Weng Rongdi, President Langsha Group, the country's largest manufacturer of socks.
Zhuo Yongliang, a researcher at the Institute of Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission, warned that Chinese producers, which would cost the pain continues because of the advantage down low.
Zhuo and other analysts suggested Chinese enterprises should change their behavior and try new gains through technological upgrading, innovation and image.
