China News Service, February 26. The State Council Information Office held a press conference on employment and social security on the 26th.
Zhang Jinan, Minister of Human Resources and Social Affairs, emphasized that efforts should be made to strengthen the bottom line assistance, focusing on employment assistance for urban needy people and rural low-income people, ensuring the basic life of the unemployed, and securing the bottom line of people's livelihood.
Data map: The staff work in an orderly manner in the workshop.
(Image and text irrelevant) Photo by China News Agency reporter Yu Jing
Zhang Jinan said that at the beginning of last year, the new crown pneumonia epidemic broke out suddenly and the economic operation pressed the pause button, which caused a serious impact on employment. The number of new jobs fell sharply and the surveyed unemployment rate also rose sharply.
The surveyed unemployment rate in February last year reached 6.2%, the highest in history.
In the face of the extremely complicated situation, under the leadership of the central government and the efforts of all parties, the overall employment situation was finally stable, which was better than expected.
It can be seen from three aspects.
First look at the number of new jobs.
Last year, 11.86 million people were completed, exceeding the goal of 9 million.
The second is to look at the surveyed unemployment rate.
It reached 6.2% in February last year, and then it has dropped month by month.
It was 5.2% at the end of last year, the same as the same period last year.
The annual average is 5.6%, which is below the 6% control target.
The third is to look at the employment of key groups.
The overall employment rate of college graduates reached over 90% at the end of last year, and the total number of migrant workers nationwide was 286 million, a slight decrease.
However, in the context of the decline in the total number of migrant workers, the number of poor laborers reached 32.43 million, which increased instead of falling, exceeding 10% of the previous year, which strongly supported the fight against poverty.
Zhang Jinan said that with regard to the employment situation this year, the general judgment of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security is that as the economy stabilizes and improves, employment will continue to remain generally stable.
However, there are still many uncertain and unstable factors, and the employment situation is still relatively complicated and faces many challenges.
First, the pressure on total employment remains unabated.
This year, the new growth of the urban labor force that needs to be arranged for employment is still around 15 million, and the number of college graduates this year is 9.09 million, reaching a new high.
Second, structural contradictions are still prominent, and difficulties in employment and recruitment coexist.
For example, it is difficult to recruit general workers in the manufacturing and service industries, and there is a shortage of skilled workers. The job-seeking ratio of technically skilled talents exceeds 2. In other words, a technically skilled talent has at least two positions waiting for him.
Third, the impact of the epidemic is complex and changeable. The international epidemic is still spreading, and the pressure of "foreign defense import and internal defense rebound" is also relatively high, which has added uncertainty and risk challenges to this year's employment.
Zhang Jinan revealed that in the next step, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security will in-depth implement the employment priority policy, highlight key points, implement precise policies, and use precise force in the following five aspects. One is to focus on stabilizing employment positions. Stabilize the basic employment market by protecting market players. Although there were some withdrawals from the policies last year, many policies are still being implemented, such as absorbing employment subsidies, unemployment insurance stabilizing job rebates, and job training. These policies must be implemented well. The second is to focus on key groups. If key groups are stable, employment will be stable. Targeting key groups such as the unemployed, college graduates, and migrant workers, we will implement classified and precise assistance and provide targeted employment services. The third is to strive to broaden employment channels. Support the development of labor-intensive industries, support small, medium and micro enterprises, support laborers to start businesses, improve the labor security system for flexible employment, and further expand the employment space. The fourth is to focus on strengthening vocational training. In-depth implementation of vocational skills upgrading actions and improvement of the pertinence and effectiveness of training are important measures to solve the structural contradictions in employment. The fifth is to strengthen the bottom support. Focus on employment assistance for the urban poor and the rural low-income population, guarantee the basic life of the unemployed, and secure the bottom line of people's livelihood.