China News Service, April 17, National Bureau of Statistics Mao Shengyong said on the 17th that the unemployment rate in the national survey in March fell by 0.3 percentage points from the previous month. The employment situation is generally stable, but the employment pressure is still relatively large.
On the morning of the 17th, the State Council Office held a press conference on the operation of the national economy in the first quarter of 2020. A reporter asked: Has the negative economic growth rate in the first quarter been affected by the spread of the global epidemic? In terms of consumption, is there any specific impact on live streaming? Finally, what are the challenges in employment? 3. What is the specific situation in April?
Mao Shengyong responded that the impact of the epidemic is indeed more obvious, and it is more difficult to quantify and calculate.
"Because some of the impact is direct, some may be indirect, some may be short-term, and some may be long-term, and it may bring some shocks in the short-term. Supplement, so the specific quantitative calculation is still relatively difficult. "Mao Shengyong said.
In response to the problems of consumption and live streaming, Mao Shengyong said that from the next step, to promote the smooth operation of China's economy, we must better promote domestic demand growth. Of course, this is an effort to expand domestic demand while stabilizing the basic foreign trade foreign capital. In terms of expanding domestic demand, on the one hand, we must strive to increase effective investment, on the other hand, we must unleash the consumption potential. China's consumption potential is relatively large, but because of the epidemic during this period, everyone's outing activities have decreased. In the next stage, the consumption potential will be gradually released. For example, new consumption patterns will grow faster and the Internet consumption situation will grow better. Overall, the suppressed consumption in the early stage will be continuously released in the later period, and will be compensated to a certain extent, and the new consumption will perform more strongly.
Regarding the issue of employment, Mao Shengyong pointed out that the unemployment rate in the national survey in March fell by 0.3 percentage points from last month, and the unemployment rate of the 25-59-year-olds of the main employed population fell by 0.2 percentage points from last month, so the overall situation is stable. But the pressure on employment is still relatively large, especially in the next stage. As the downward pressure on the economy increases, especially the orders of enterprises have decreased, the demand is not yet too strong. Key groups including rural migrant workers and college students will face greater employment pressure.
"In response to this situation, this year the country has been launching a policy of priority in employment, and has continued to increase its implementation efforts. On the one hand, every effort has been made to help enterprises overcome difficulties, and stabilize the basic plate of employment by stabilizing enterprises and the economy; another On the other hand, we will increase support for key groups, such as increasing employment training for migrant workers and helping them return to their hometowns to start businesses. The next step is to continue to flexibly promote employment and entrepreneurship innovation. Efforts to promote the overall stability of employment. The situation in March and April has just been introduced. The employment situation in March is clearly rebounding and improving, and this trend should continue in April. "Mao Shengyong said.