China News Service, Beijing, August 30 (Reporter Liu Liang) What is the employment situation in China during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period?
Gao Gao, deputy secretary-general of the National Development and Reform Commission of China, attended the "14th Five-Year Plan for Employment Promotion" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") State Council policy briefing on the 30th that China is generally confident that employment can remain stable.
During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, faced with multiple severe shocks such as complex changes in the external environment and the sudden new crown pneumonia epidemic, China's employment situation remained generally stable.
Looking forward to the "14th Five-Year Plan", Gao Gao believes that in the future, we will face many difficulties and challenges in promoting employment. "However, overall we are still confident that we can maintain a stable employment situation, so as to achieve more adequate and higher quality. Employment provides a solid foundation."
His analysis pointed out that there are mainly positive factors in several aspects.
First of all, the long-term improvement of China's economy has provided important support for employment promotion.
Secondly, China's service industry and private economy continue to grow and develop, providing a broad space for expanding employment.
In addition, the rapid development of the digital economy will further give birth to more new industries, new business formats, and new business models, and provide workers with more diversified career choices.
Although the employment situation is generally stable, he bluntly said that the environment facing China's economic and social development during the 14th Five-Year Plan is also more complicated, and some visible and unpredictable risks and challenges will continue to emerge.
One is that the structural employment contradiction is more prominent and will become the main contradiction in the employment field. Its prominent manifestation is the coexistence of "difficulties in employment" and "difficulties in recruiting", and may even intensify.
Second, in terms of total amount, employment pressure in urban areas still exists.
In the coming period, China will need new growth labor force such as college graduates to work in cities and towns every year, and it is estimated that there will be more than 10 million people every year.
At the same time, in the process of industrialization and urbanization, there will still be a considerable amount of rural surplus labor that needs to be transferred to employment.
Third, from an international perspective, the recovery of the world economy is struggling, and the impact of the new crown epidemic continues.
From a domestic perspective, the balance and coordination of China's economic recovery needs to be further enhanced.
The continuous recovery of domestic demand and the development momentum still need to be further strengthened.
The operating pressure of some industries is still relatively high in the short term, which may trigger some fluctuations in the labor market.
He said that in response to the prominent contradictions and problems in employment, the "Plan" put forward specific measures and suggestions, and set up special actions to solve them, so as to ensure that more adequate and higher-quality employment can be achieved during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
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