Make Every Effort to Stabilize Employment and Promote Development Policy "Combination Fist" at the Right Time for Employment | Policy | Development Policy

"In the next stage, with the continuous improvement of the economy, there is good support for the overall stability of employment," said Fu Linghui, spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics, at a press conference on the operation of the national economy in May.

Not long ago, the General Office of the State Council issued a notice on optimizing and adjusting policies and measures to stabilize employment, fully promoting development and benefiting the people, requiring the in-depth implementation of the employment priority strategy, optimizing and adjusting policies and measures to stabilize and expand employment opportunities, and fully promoting development and benefiting the people.

Employment is the foundation of people's livelihood and development. Experts suggest in an interview with People's Daily that in the next step, regions and departments should continue to balance policy stability and sustainability, focus on key and difficult areas in the employment field, and strike a combination of stable employment policies.

The employment situation is stable and under pressure, and policy optimization is of great significance

In the first quarter, a total of 26.5 billion yuan was allocated for employment subsidies and 34.9 billion yuan was allocated for unemployment insurance funds;

The "Spring Breeze Action" has held nearly 60000 recruitment events and released 38 million positions;

In May, the national urban survey unemployment rate was 5.2%, unchanged from last month, but has shown an overall downward trend since the beginning of this year

Since the beginning of this year, with the comprehensive restoration of normal operation of China's economy and society, the overall recovery of the national economy has been positive, and stable employment policies have been implemented, resulting in an overall stable employment situation.

"It should also be noted that the current pressure on the total employment volume and structural issues cannot be ignored. The employment pressure on young people is still significant, and there is a shortage of high skilled talents. The coexistence of 'job seeking difficulties' and' recruitment difficulties' requires further efforts to promote a balance between the total supply and demand of employment and a reasonable structure." Fu Linghui said.

When it comes to employment promotion policies, Yu Jiadong, Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, previously stated at a press conference that since the beginning of this year, with the strong support of the rapid and stable transition of epidemic prevention and control and the continuous improvement of economic stability policies, the employment situation has gradually recovered and maintained overall stability. But the stable foundation still needs to be further strengthened, and employment work still faces new difficulties. Optimizing and adjusting policies and measures to stabilize employment is not only a concrete manifestation of implementing the central government's decisions and deployments on stabilizing employment, but also a practical need to adapt to the overall situation of stable employment.

Li Jing, Vice President of Chongqing University of Business and Technology, stated that through direct and effective fiscal and financial policies and related assistance policies, the Notice can quickly stimulate vitality, expand employment capacity, and broaden employment and entrepreneurship channels for young people such as college graduates in the short term. It has a positive effect on stabilizing employment and alleviating employment pressure for key groups.

According to Jin Weigang, a member of the Employment Expert Database of the State Council Employment Work Leading Group and Vice President of the National Institute of Institutional Research at Zhejiang University, the importance of policies such as the Notice in stabilizing employment is mainly reflected in four aspects: firstly, the introduction of preferential policies is conducive to encouraging enterprises, especially those with strong employment capabilities, to stabilize their existing foundation, provide as many employment opportunities as possible, and reduce economic layoffs. Secondly, it is conducive to encouraging and supporting entrepreneurs, driving more employment opportunities, and promoting employment growth. The third is to increase policy support for vocational skills training, improve the employability of workers, and effectively improve the supply and demand structure of the labor market. Fourthly, it is beneficial to help more disadvantaged individuals obtain employment opportunities and provide basic living security for the unemployed, while maintaining the fundamental bottom line of people's livelihoods.

Taking into account the specimen, policy combination punches directly at key and difficult points

People's Daily Finance found that the Notice further clarifies three employment promotion policies. One is to stimulate vitality and expand employment capacity; Secondly, expanding channels to promote employment and entrepreneurship among young people such as college graduates; The third is to strengthen assistance and secure the bottom line of people's livelihood.

Enterprises are an important carrier of support for development and a source of employment. Zhang Ying, Director of the Employment Promotion Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, introduced that the "Notice" has made special arrangements for reducing burdens, stabilizing jobs, and expanding employment, requiring a combination of policies such as "reducing, lending, returning, supplementing, and improving" to support industries and enterprises with more employment, better stimulate enterprise vitality, stabilize employment stock, and expand employment growth.

College graduates are a precious talent resource for the country, and employment issues are related to people's well-being, economic development, and the future of the country. Yu Jiadong stated that the number of college graduates this year has reached a historic high, and the foundation for economic recovery is not yet solid. Young people such as college graduates still face some new difficulties and challenges in employment. The Notice will promote the employment of young people such as college graduates as an important content, adhere to goal orientation and problem orientation, highlight the direction of market-oriented and socialized employment, and focus on proposing targeted policy measures and work arrangements in expanding employment channels.

Helping disadvantaged groups find employment is related to their well-being and the bottom line of their livelihood. "In the first quarter, we have helped 400000 urban disadvantaged individuals achieve employment, and promoted the scale of poverty alleviation to reach 30.74 million." "At the same time, we have also noticed that some disadvantaged individuals are facing certain pressures due to prolonged unemployment and increased difficulty in finding employment." Zhang Ying emphasized that the "Notice" specifically emphasizes strengthening employment assistance for disadvantaged individuals and ensuring basic living standards, with the aim of further increasing assistance to disadvantaged individuals and effectively securing the bottom line of people's livelihoods.

"The Notice proposes comprehensive governance and root cause and root cause measures, which can effectively cope with the enormous employment pressure currently faced." Jin Weigang emphasized that the Notice attaches great importance to the doubling effect of entrepreneurship on employment, further increasing policy support for the entrepreneurial needs of workers, especially college graduates and migrant workers. It specifically proposes to guide and support the establishment of entrepreneurial projects with low investment and low risk, as well as engaging in characteristic businesses such as creative economy and personalized cultural formats, which helps to enhance the survival ability and unique advantages of entrepreneurs.

Li Jing believes that the highlights of the Notice are reflected in three aspects. One is to have more targeted policy measures, optimizing and adjusting policies for specific issues, and providing policy "prescriptions" with direct effects. Secondly, the policy direction focuses on focusing on key areas and benefiting people's livelihoods. A combination of policy measures have been specifically implemented for young people and disadvantaged groups such as college graduates who face significant employment difficulties and high unemployment rates. The third is to increase policy efforts, specifically reflected in the word "full effort", emphasizing directness and effectiveness.

Employment priority! The value of labor-intensive enterprises needs to be better utilized

The Government Work Report proposes in the main expected development goals for this year that about 12 million new urban jobs will be created, and the surveyed urban unemployment rate will be around 5.5%. "We will do everything we can to stabilize the stock, expand the quantity, improve the quality, and set a bottom line to ensure the completion of target tasks and the overall stability of the employment situation," said Yu Jiadong.

It is worth noting that in terms of stimulating vitality and expanding employment capacity, the Notice clearly states that it is necessary to increase support for job expansion policies for industries and enterprises with strong employment capacity.

Li Jing mentioned that in the current critical period of economic stability, it is necessary to appropriately increase policy support for labor-intensive enterprises with strong employment capacity. This is very beneficial for fully utilizing human resources, promoting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises, and achieving stable economic recovery.

He also suggests that local governments can be guided through assessment indicators to introduce and stabilize industries that can absorb a large amount of labor, with a focus on strengthening and promoting the development of small and medium-sized enterprises. While emphasizing high-quality development, we also focus on cultivating industries and enterprises that have employment driving effects.

"Currently, in the face of a severe employment situation, we must adhere to the employment priority strategy, include labor-intensive enterprises as a key focus of policy support provided by local governments, and properly handle the contradiction between technology application reducing employment demand and increasing employment opportunities. We should appropriately control the process and scale of machine exclusion and replacement of labor, effectively prioritize employment promotion in economic and social development, maintain the stability of existing employment positions, actively promote employment, and maintain the overall situation of employment stability." Jin Weigang said.