Migrant workers to stay put for special Spring Festival

Du Xuegang and his colleague climb into a box girder to remove the bolt of a girder for the construction of Fuzhou-Xiamen railway in Putian, southeast China's Fujian province, January 28, 2021. Following the resurgence of sporadic COVID-19 cases, many places across China have encouraged residents and migrant workers to stay put to celebrate the Spring Festival, to reduce the flow of personnel and curb the spread of the coronavirus during the holiday period. The 51-year-old Du Xuegang, hailing from Henan province, is busy working with his fellow workers at the girder making yard of the construction site of Fuzhou-Xiamen Railway in Putian, Fujian province. The company Du works for provided an extra subsidy of 5,000 yuan to each worker staying in Putian for the Spring Festival. Du called his children and told them about the company's arrangement for the festival. (Xinhua/Song Weiwei)