Migrant workers enjoy special bank card service

时间：2007-10-15 08:01:40

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Oct. 14 - The People's Bank of China has provided special bank card service tailored to migrant workers in 14 provincial2 areas, with the recent launching of the service in Anhui Province, according to the central bank.

 

"The special bank card service enables migrant workers in the current 14 provincial regions to withdraw money at rural co-operatives near home after they deposit it at a bank in the city where they work and is a key way to improve financial service in rural areas," said the central bank's deputy governor Su Ning.

 

China has more than 120 million rural migrant workers who bring back hundreds of billions of yuan to their homes every year.

 

"In Anhui last year, 10.4 million migrant workers from the province brought back home a total income of nearly 120 billion yuan (15.98 billion US dollars)," said Huang Haisong, vice1 governor of Anhui.

 

However, an inadequate3 rural remittance4 system that fails to provide convenient, safe and rapid money transfer have forced many of them carrying cash on the journey home.

 

The pilot service was initiated5 in Guizhou in December 2005. By the end of this August, card transactions for the migrant workers in the 14 provincial areas chalked up over 1.02 billion yuan, with a monthly rise of 24.7 percent.

 

The central bank asked all the Chinese banks that issue the cards to reduce the service charge from one percent to 0.8 percent for cash withdrawals6 by migrant workers from February 1, 2007. The ceiling charge for each transaction has been lowered from 50 yuan to 20 yuan.

 
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1 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
2 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
3 inadequate 2kzyk     
adj.(for,to)不充足的，不适当的
参考例句：
  • The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.供不应求。
  • She was inadequate to the demands that were made on her.她还无力满足对她提出的各项要求。
4 remittance zVzx1     
n.汇款，寄款，汇兑
参考例句：
  • Your last month's salary will be paid by remittance.最后一个月的薪水将通过汇寄的方式付给你。
  • A prompt remittance would be appreciated.速寄汇款不胜感激。
5 initiated 9cd5622f36ab9090359c3cf3ca4ddda3     
n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入
参考例句：
  • He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
  • The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。
6 withdrawals e8b79ee63bd5060c582d7b93a43ec3dd     
n.收回，取回，撤回( withdrawal的名词复数 )；撤退，撤走；收回[取回，撤回，撤退，撤走]的实例；推出（组织），提走（存款），戒除毒瘾，对说过的话收回，孤僻
参考例句：
  • He has made several withdrawals from his bank account. 他从银行账户上提了几次款。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • It is not the bank's policy to deduct interest on withdrawals. 提款需扣除利息这并非是本银行的政策。 来自辞典例句

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