[Looking at the Two Sessions] Why did "encourage young people to deliver less food and go to factories more"?
"It is recommended to encourage young people to deliver less food and go to factories more." On March 5, Zhang Xinghai, a representative of the National People's Congress and chairman of the Xiaokang Group, rushed to the hot search.
He said that in recent years, food delivery, e-commerce, and online live broadcasts have attracted a large number of young people for employment, and many young people are reluctant to go to factories, resulting in the hollowing out of industrial workers.
He suggested that the government, society, enterprises and other parties work together to encourage and support young people to become industrial workers and ease the difficulty of recruiting workers in the manufacturing industry.
As a representative from a manufacturing enterprise, such concerns and suggestions are undoubtedly based on certain practical considerations.
A set of data provided by Zhang Xinghai shows that in 2020, there will be a talent gap of 22 million in my country's manufacturing industry, and an average of 1.5 million people will leave the manufacturing industry every year in the past five years.
In fact, the problem of labor shortages in manufacturing has a long history.
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security recently released the ranking of the 100 occupations in the fourth quarter of 2021 that are recruiting more than the "most lack of jobs" for job hunting, and 43 occupations belong to the sixth category of occupations - manufacturing and related personnel.
Since the ranking was released in the third quarter of 2019, the proportion of manufacturing occupations has been high.
If we go back, long before the emergence of express delivery and takeaway, many media have paid attention to the problem of "robbing people" in the service industry and manufacturing industry: some young people would rather be a waiter than a worker in a workshop.
Today, the "post-90s" and even "post-00s" young people have more diverse employment options.
Under the above-mentioned hot search news, some netizens' comments are representative, "Compared to entering the factory, delivering food is physically more tiring than entering the factory, and mentally less tiring than entering the factory, and it is relatively free. ".
Different eras will produce different jobs, young people of different eras will have different career pursuits, and will have different definitions of a better job.
Going back further, there has also been a problem of "robbing people" in manufacturing and agriculture.
After the reform and opening up, with the influx of rural population into cities, the "post-80s" did not want to farm, and the "post-90s" did not know how to farm. People once had the worry of "who will farm when young people have gone to work."
However, with the vigorous development of new socialist countryside construction and the beginning of rural revitalization, more and more young people are beginning to return to the countryside, or join the ecological planting and breeding industry, or operate online stores, open homestays, etc. wider.
When young people can find enough sense of value and achievement in it, the attractiveness and vitality of agriculture will naturally come back.
Similarly, if we hope that more young people will choose to engage in manufacturing, we need to earnestly enhance the attractiveness of manufacturing.
Manufacturing is the foundation of a country and the foundation of a strong country.
The scale of my country's manufacturing industry has been ranked first in the world for many years, and it plays an important role in driving economic development and participating in international competition.
The high-quality development of the manufacturing industry requires more vigorous young people to join it.
The improvement of wages, the improvement of labor conditions, the improvement of labor security, and the expansion of talent space are all important factors that can effectively enhance the attractiveness of the manufacturing industry.
Only when young people feel that it is a decent thing to be a worker in a factory, especially a skilled worker, can the problem of labor shortage in the manufacturing industry be solved from the root.
For new forms of employment such as express delivery, takeaway, and live broadcast, while absorbing a large number of labor employment, labor protection, skill improvement, and growth space should also be improved.
Like food delivery, it was once considered to be "eating youth meals", lacking technical content and no room for growth.
If this goes on for a long time, it will inevitably be "voted with feet" by the laborers.
Fortunately, the relevant parties are adapting to the actual needs and making efforts to make corresponding institutional arrangements.
For example, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security issued the "National Occupational Skills Standards for Online Couriers" at the end of last year, which divided the online courier occupation into five levels, and clarified the job content, skill requirements and related knowledge that each level needs to master, so that Online delivery staff have a clearer career development channel.
To a certain extent, it would be a good thing if the lack of work leads to cross-industry competition in terms of welfare benefits, working environment, and labor security.
Whether manufacturing or service industry, traditional industry or emerging industry, being able to understand the current young people, understand their multi-level needs, and effectively improve the attractiveness of jobs is the key to recruiting and retaining people. It is the key to promoting the development of related industries.
Jiang Han
Jiang Han