There are more than 7,000 migrant workers in Xinyang, Henan Province in Dalian, of whom more than 4,300 have joined the Federation of Trade Unions.
Xinyang, formerly known as Yiyang and Shenzhou, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Henan Province, located in the middle of China, the south of Henan Province and the upper reaches of Huaihe River.