Work, Living and Environmental Conditions: Impacts on the Health and Well-being of Long-term and First - generation Rural Migrant Workers in China.
China’s internal rural migrant workers have been the cornerstone of China’s economic
growth since the commencement of reform. Hundreds of millions of workers have migrated
to the cities in search of work since the 1980s following China first initiating its reform and
open policy, often to support their families back home in rural areas.