From January to June this year, 6.98 million new jobs were created in cities and towns across the country, fulfilling 63.5% of the annual target task——
Economic recovery strongly promotes employment stabilization (Rui Finance·Economic data to see the beginning ⑦)
63.5%-More than half of the urban new employment indicators for the whole year were completed; 5%-The unemployment rate surveyed in June was lower than the expected control target.
Recently, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security stated at a press conference in the second quarter that thanks to the strong support of economic recovery and the continuous development of policy services, the employment situation across the country remained generally stable in the first half of the year.
In the future, various employment policies will continue to be strengthened, and vocational skills upgrading actions will be the next highlight.
Some indicators returned to the same period of the previous year
"Comprehensive statistical monitoring and research, in the first half of this year, my country's employment situation has gradually stabilized and stabilized while strengthening." said Zhang Ying, director of the Employment Promotion Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.
On the one hand, more than half of the new job assignments.
From January to June, 6.98 million people were newly employed in urban areas, an increase of 1.34 million year-on-year, and 63.5% of the annual target was completed.
On the other hand, the level of unemployment has gradually fallen.
In the first quarter, due to the Spring Festival factor and the spread of the epidemic in some areas, the monthly unemployment rate was relatively high. It was 5.4% in January and reached a high level of 5.5% in February. As the epidemic stabilized in March, enterprise production accelerated. The unemployment rate fell back to 5.3%.
In the second quarter, the labor market continued to pick up, enterprises' demand for labor increased, and the surveyed unemployment rate continued to decline.
It fell to 5.1% in April and further fell to 5% in May.
The surveyed unemployment rate in June was the same as that in May, at 5%, 0.7 percentage points lower than the same month of the previous year, and basically the same as in June 2019, returning to the level before the epidemic.
From January to June, the national urban survey unemployment rate averaged 5.2%, which was lower than the expected target of around 5.5%.
Employment of key groups is basically stable.
The employment situation of college graduates remained basically stable.
The scale of rural labor migrants continued to grow. At the end of the second quarter, there were 180 million rural migrant laborers, basically returning to the level of the same period in 2019.
The total number of poverty-stricken laborers was 30.63 million, completing 101.5% of the annual target task.
"From the first half of the year, the employment situation was better than expected." Zhang Yi, Director of the Population and Employment Department of the National Bureau of Statistics said.
Recruitment positions continue to exceed the number of job applicants
Alibaba launched the largest school recruitment in its history, and 45 positions were opened for the first time for graduates; the four regions of the Yangtze River Delta jointly organized the largest offline recruitment event since the epidemic, and 950 enterprises and institutions brought more than 22,000 jobs; the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Affairs 100 Daily tens of millions of online recruitment activities continue to heat up. As of July 9th, 1.14 million households have posted 15.57 million job demands...At present, the fiery demand for recruitment from all parts of the country and all walks of life has activated the job market.
Zhang Ying said that the continuous improvement in the employment situation has benefited from the strong support of economic recovery on the one hand.
"my country's overall planning for epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development have continued to show results, and economic operations have recovered steadily, which has strongly promoted the recovery of employment."
Monitoring data shows that in the second quarter, the market recruitment ratio of public employment service institutions in 100 cities was 1.58, and the number of recruitment positions continued to exceed the number of job applicants.
Zhaopin’s recently released "China's Job Market Climate Report for the Second Quarter of 2021" shows that, affected by the increase in the number of recruitment needs greater than the number of job applicants, China's job market prosperity index has continued to rise and has improved significantly over the same period last year.
On the other hand, thanks to the continuous development of policy services.
"A series of policy services have stabilized expectations, stabilized the market, and stabilized employment." Zhang Ying said.
This year, we will continue to increase employment policy support. For example, we will continue to implement some of the policies to reduce burdens and stabilize jobs and expand employment that expired at the end of last year, continue to implement various long-term employment and entrepreneurship support policies, and expand the benefits of phased job stabilization policies such as unemployment insurance rebates.
From January to June, 9.52 billion yuan has been paid back to 375,000 enterprises for stable jobs, benefiting 9.429 million employees.
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security stated that it will continue to strengthen employment services and do a good job in the employment of college graduates.
Further simplify the employment procedures for college graduates, and provide real-name assistance and continuous online services for unemployed graduates who have left school.
Enhance one's skills and help employment
Whether it is for college graduates or social workers to obtain employment, it is very important to have a skill.
The "Skills China Action" implementation plan proposes that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the "Skills China Action" will be implemented to add more than 40 million skilled talents, and skilled talents will account for 30% of employed persons.
According to reports, related work will focus on industries that are in urgent need, and create an atmosphere for sustainable development of skilled talents around rewards and incentives, improved remuneration, and integrated development.
In order to consolidate and expand the results of poverty alleviation and help rural revitalization, the "National Rural Revitalization Key Area Vocational Skills Improvement Project Plan" has been issued recently.
Liu Kang, Director of the Vocational Ability Building Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, said that from the perspective of poverty alleviation work in recent years, helping poor laborers to master a skill and increase employment and income is the most effective way for individuals and even families to get rid of poverty in a long-term stable manner.
At present, although the key areas of rural revitalization have achieved poverty alleviation, their incomes are generally low, and the stability and sustainability of employment growth are not strong yet.
We must continue to strengthen the development of vocational skills, more effectively enhance the employability of workers, and improve the quality of employment.
A series of supporting policies have been clarified, including increasing cooperation and counterpart support between the east and the west, implementing various funding policies for technical education, implementing vocational training subsidy policies, and strengthening the construction of faculty and technical support.
For example, free vocational skills training will be provided to help family children, workers, etc.; qualified workers who participate in special vocational ability project training will be included in the scope of government skills training projects according to regulations.
Our reporter Li Jie