Politburo meeting first mentions "six guarantees" to ensure residents' employment remains top
After the resumption of labor and production in March, China ’s urban survey unemployment rate has dropped, and the demand for recruitment in the domestic labor market, including Wuhan, is steadily recovering.
Facing the unprecedented challenges brought by the new crown epidemic to our economy, the CPC Central Committee Politburo meeting put forward the goal of "six guarantees" on the basis of the macro policy "six stability", while ensuring the employment of residents and the basic livelihood of the "six guarantees" "The first two.
The Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a meeting on April 17 to analyze the situation of prevention and control of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic at home and abroad, study and deploy it, and grasp the normalization of epidemic prevention and control; analyze and study the current economic situation and deploy current economic work.
The meeting proposed to increase the “six stability” work, ensure residents ’employment, basic people ’s livelihood, market participants, food and energy security, supply chain stability, and grassroots operations, firmly implement the strategy of expanding domestic demand, and maintain economic development and The overall situation of social stability will ensure the completion of the decisive battle and the goal of overcoming poverty, and build a well-off society in an all-round way.
The basic situation of the national economy in the first quarter of this year announced by the National Bureau of Statistics on the 17th shows that in the first quarter, 2.29 million people were employed in cities and towns across the country. In March, the national unemployment rate for urban surveys was 5.9%, a decrease of 0.3 percentage points from February; the unemployment rate for the 25-59-year-old population survey was 5.4%, which was lower than the national urban survey unemployment rate by 0.5 percentage points, a decrease of 0.2 from the previous month Percentage points.
Mao Shengyong, director of the National Economic Comprehensive Statistics Department and spokesman of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that despite the severe impact of the epidemic, there were no large-scale layoffs across the country, and the employment situation was generally stable. At the same time, he also said that 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. In this case, the pressure on employment is still relatively large.
Resuming production and resuming production is the fundamental factor driving employment recovery. The meeting emphasized the need to actively expand domestic demand. It is necessary to unleash the potential of consumption, do a good job in resuming production, resuming business and resuming the market, expand residents' consumption, and appropriately increase public consumption.
After the resumption of labor and production in March, China ’s urban survey unemployment rate has dropped, and the demand for recruitment in the domestic labor market, including Wuhan, is steadily recovering.
The worry-free data shows that as of April 10, online recruitment has exceeded 3.02 million, and the number of employers who posted employment requirements has reached nearly 280,000, while on February 20, the number of recruited positions was only 570,000.
In April, more than 7,100 employers posted more than 82,000 job postings in Wuhan on Carefree. The number of jobs rose by 131% in two weeks, the highest growth rate among cities. On February 20, Wuhan ’s online recruitment There are only 16,000 jobs.
At present, we should pay special attention to the issue of "employment protection" in export-oriented manufacturing. According to a recent study by Lu Hai, a professor at Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, in March, the domestic-oriented manufacturing and business services industry ’s recruitment needs have been restored, and the recruitment needs of government and public utility companies have been reversed. It consists of two major industries, namely export-oriented manufacturing and consumer service industries.
Lu Hai said that the export-oriented manufacturing industry will be affected by the global epidemic prevention and control orders will be reduced, the second quarter is expected to further decline in the recruitment needs of such companies, the number of lost jobs will increase. In the consumer service industries such as retail and wholesale, hotels and catering, which are geared towards domestic consumers, as the work and life of domestic people normalize, the recruitment needs of such companies in the second quarter will gradually recover.
The meeting proposed that we should do a good job in the employment of key industries and key groups, and make the employment of college graduates a top priority. It is necessary to improve social security, do a good job of minimum security, and issue temporary price subsidies in time to ensure the basic livelihood of the masses.
Mao Shengyong said that the employment pressure of key groups including rural migrant workers and college students will be greater. In response to this situation, this year the country has been introducing a policy of giving priority to employment, and has continuously increased its implementation. On the one hand, we must do everything possible to help enterprises overcome difficulties, stabilize the basic market for employment by stabilizing the enterprise and economy, and on the other hand, increase support for key groups, such as increasing employment training for migrant workers to help them Return home to start a business. The next step is to continue to flexibly promote employment and entrepreneurship innovation.
Author: Guo Jinhui