China News Service, Beijing, March 6 (Reporter Li Jinlei) The 2024 Chinese government work report set the expected target of new urban employment at "more than 12 million people", compared with "around 12 million people" last year.

The change from "left and right" to "above" highlights China's increased efforts to stabilize employment.

　　China will create 12.44 million new urban jobs in 2023, and it is expected that there will be more than 11.7 million college graduates this year alone.

In a situation where total employment pressure and structural contradictions coexist, it is not easy to achieve the goal.

　　In order to achieve employment goals, especially to ensure the employment of young people and college graduates, the government work report highlights the priority orientation of employment and formulates a series of more targeted measures.

On March 5, the second session of the 14th National People's Congress opened in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Photo by China News Service reporter Sheng Jiapeng

　　One is to capture “key groups”.

　　To stabilize employment, we need to increase support for key groups.

Currently, youth employment faces many challenges.

The government work report requires that policies and measures to promote youth employment should be strengthened and employment and entrepreneurship guidance services should be optimized.

　　To welcome a large number of college graduates to enter the job market, it is crucial to enlarge the "reservoir".

The government work report calls for the implementation and improvement of policies such as job stabilization rebates, special loans, employment and social security subsidies, and strengthening support for enterprises in industries with large employment capacity.

　　Yao Jinbo, deputy to the National People's Congress and chairman and CEO of 58.com, suggested that social security contributions for first-time insured persons be halved in the first two years of employment. This will help improve the career competitiveness of fresh graduates and help solve their employment difficulties. .

　　The second is to strengthen vocational skills training.

　　"China's economy is gradually recovering, and the number of jobs provided is gradually increasing. During this process, the biggest pain point in graduate employment is that it does not match the needs of employers." Wu De, deputy to the National People's Congress and president of Sichuan Agricultural University, told China News Service the reporter said.

　　Sun Huaqin, a representative of the National People's Congress and a senior engineer at SK Hynix Semiconductor (China) Co., Ltd., said that with the advancement of science and technology and industrial upgrading, the talent supply and demand structure has changed. Problems of recruitment and employment coexist. Some positions may disappear or be reduced, while emerging positions A higher level of skilled talents is required, and there are structural changes in the supply and demand of talents.

On March 5, the first "Representative Channel" concentrated interview event of the Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

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　　Huang Shouhong, head of the government work report drafting group and director of the Research Office of the State Council, pointed out at a briefing on the 5th that in many industries, fields, and places, there are both problems of people not having work to do, and problems of work not being done.

For example, there is a talent gap of 30 million people in the manufacturing sector. There is a potential talent demand of more than 10 million people in nursing homes, but the current supply is only more than 300,000 people.

　　Employment potential is also reflected behind the staff shortage.

To promote the matching of labor supply and demand, the government work report specifically mentions strengthening vocational skills training to adapt to the demand for talents in fields such as advanced manufacturing, modern services, and elderly care.

　　"To solve the structural employment contradiction in terms of vocational skills training, we must speed up the improvement of workers' skills and quality and better adapt to market demand and the needs of high-quality economic and social development." Sun Huaqin suggested improving the vocational skills training policy system and carrying out regular large-scale Multi-level vocational skills training, steadily expanding the scale of training for different groups, supporting enterprises to carry out on-the-job training for employees, highlighting the training of skilled talents and the training of urgently needed talents.

　　Wu De further pointed out that the accuracy and depth of subject and major settings in colleges and universities need to be further improved, and courses, teaching materials, teachers, and classrooms need to be further optimized to comprehensively improve the quality of independent talent training to meet social needs.

At the same time, the proportion of employed talents at the grassroots level needs to be further increased.

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