China News Agency, Beijing, July 17 (Liu Wenwen) In the first half of the year, a series of official employment stabilization policies in China were implemented, the employment situation improved, and the fundamentals were generally stable.

Halfway through 2022, how will China's employment potential continue to be tapped in the second half of the year, and will the employment situation continue to recover?

　　According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China, in the first half of the year, 6.54 million new jobs were created in urban areas across the country, and the surveyed unemployment rate in urban areas nationwide averaged 5.7 percent.

Considering that the epidemic has spread frequently across the country since the beginning of this year and economic vitality has been suppressed, this mid-year employment "transcript" is not easy.

　　Looking back at the employment situation in the first half of the year, from January to February this year, the national employment situation was generally stable. After entering March, due to the impact of a new round of epidemic and economic downward pressure, employment faced greater pressure.

In May and June, the employment situation improved.

　　On the one hand, the situation of epidemic prevention and control continues to improve and is gradually brought under control.

Li Chao, chief economist of Zheshang Securities, said that under the escort of normalized nucleic acid testing, the resumption of work and production has resumed business, and the labor needs of the secondary and tertiary industries have been significantly restored.

　　On the other hand, since the beginning of this year, the government has continued to make efforts to stabilize employment.

For example, optimizing the policy of returning unemployment insurance to stabilize jobs; continuing to implement the policy of reducing unemployment insurance and work-related injury insurance premiums in stages; deferred payment of endowment insurance, unemployment insurance and work-related injury insurance premiums for extremely difficult industries; The skills of workers are improved.

With the steady progress of a series of policies, the effect has gradually emerged, reversing the severe employment situation in the previous period.

　　Nonetheless, it should be noted that the current employment demand of enterprises is weak, and the overall employment pressure is still relatively large.

　　Data show that in the first half of the year, the average urban surveyed unemployment rate was 5.7%, 0.5 percentage points higher than the same period last year; the average unemployment rate in 31 large cities was 6.0%, higher than the overall urban level in the country.

　　Against this background, how should the employment potential be further tapped in the second half of the year?

　　Gao Peiyong, vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, pointed out that market players are the ones most in need of bailouts and assistance.

Historical and real data have repeatedly shown that market entities are the backbone of stabilizing employment. Only by stabilizing market entities to stabilize employment can the current relatively high unemployment rate, especially the unemployment rate of young people, be reduced as soon as possible. Live in the broader economic market to ensure that the economic operation returns to a reasonable range.

　　The Guosen Securities research team pointed out that to tap the employment potential, it is necessary to play the role of a "reservoir" for flexible employment.

The "intermediary" role played by the flexible employment track in the human resources industry can help achieve an orderly connection between supply and demand in the labor market.

For employers, the cost of flexible employment is lower. In the context of repeated disturbances in the epidemic, based on the plan to optimize the cost of the enterprise, the employment preference of the enterprise will also be inclined to odd jobs.

For job seekers, flexible employment can solve the problem of short-term employment of talents.

The role of the employment "reservoir" is expected to continue to emerge in the future.

　　This year, the number of college graduates reached 10.76 million. As more college graduates enter the labor market, the employment pressure of young people is further increased.

In addition, although the current employment situation of migrant workers has improved, it still needs to be further stabilized.

　　In this regard, Wang Pingping, director of the Department of Population and Employment Statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics of China, believes that for key groups such as migrant workers and college graduates, employment assistance and employment services should be increased, and migrant workers should be actively promoted with work-for-relief. The service for college graduates who have left school and are not employed will promote the multi-channel employment of college graduates, provide necessary support for graduates to start their own businesses and find flexible employment, and do their best to ensure stable employment for key groups.

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