31 December 2007

CCTV’s “Focus Sannong” program conducts an interview regarding the work situation after the establishment of Yilian.

30 November 2007

CCTV news channel “People in the News” airs an interview entitled “Huang Leping – I work to protect injured migrant laborers’ rights.”

8 November 2007

Following the establishment of Yilian, authorities in the national media report on the organization several times. The number of calls to the labor rights consultation hotline increases dramatically, reaching 443 in the next month.

30 October 2007

Xinhua News Agency’s “China Comment” magazine (inner version) publishes a special report on Yilian Legal Aid entitled “Yilian: A Righteous Battle to Protect Migrant Workers’ Rights.” Several media sources praise the establishment of Yilian as “the nation’s first nongovernmental organization to provide legal aid for industrial and migrant workers.”