ANCHOR: And in other economic news… Beijing says about 20 million migrant workers have lost their jobs in China because of the economic downturn. STORY: With work drying up at hundreds of thousands of export firms on China’s seaboard, the huge mass of workers from across the country have been forced to search for work elsewhere, or return home, jobless. The unemployment figures are based on an Agricultural Ministry survey of 165 villages in 15 provinces. A wave of factory shutdowns in the wake of falling exports has felled millions of jobs and pressed down the wages of those who have hung on to work. This year’s document warns about damage to the vast and still mostly poor countryside from the global financial crisis. It says the negative impact of the crisis on China’s economy is “deepening by the day” and that “shocks to agricultural and rural development are constantly emerging.” [Henan Province Migrant Worker]: (DO NOT TITLE BAR) “I heard because of the financial crisis, people from my hometown working in Guangdong have returned. It’s hard to find work.” [Henan Province Migrant Worker]: (DO NOT TITLE BAR) “Migrant workers in Guangdong said a lot of people have been fired and many factories have gone bankrupt. Many people are coming to Beijing to look for work now. This is why there are many more people here looking for jobs this year.” China’s economic growth slumped to 6.8 percent in the last quarter making it a seven-year low.