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Issued by the State Council

"14th Five-Year" Employment Promotion Plan

August 28, 2021 05:09 | Source: People's Daily Online

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 27. The State Council recently issued the "14th Five-Year Plan for Employment Promotion" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan").

The "Planning" pointed out that during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, it is necessary to take Xi Jinping's thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era as a guide to thoroughly implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Party and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Plenary Sessions of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The overall layout of “five in one”, the coordinated promotion of the “four comprehensive” strategic layout, the adherence to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, and the complete, accurate and comprehensive implementation of the new development concept based on the new development stage, constructing a new development pattern, and coordinating development and development Security, with the main goal of achieving fuller and higher-quality employment as the main goal, in-depth implementation of the employment-priority strategy, improving the promotion mechanism that is conducive to fuller and higher-quality employment, improving the policy system, strengthening training services, paying attention to the protection of rights and interests, and doing everything possible to expand the employment capacity. Efforts to improve the quality of employment, focus on alleviating structural employment contradictions, effectively prevent and effectively resolve the risk of large-scale unemployment, continuously improve people's livelihood and well-being, and promote solid steps for the common prosperity of all people.

The "Plan" clarified the basic principles of employment promotion during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, namely, adhere to employment orientation, policy coordination, adhere to expansion and quality improvement, optimization of structure, adhere to market leadership, government regulation, adhere to focus on key points, and hold the bottom line. The "Plan" puts forward that by 2025, the overall employment situation will be stable, the quality of employment will be steadily improved, structural employment contradictions will be effectively alleviated, the employment momentum driven by entrepreneurship will continue to be released, and risk response capabilities will be significantly enhanced.

The "Plan" proposes seven key tasks. The first is to adhere to the employment orientation of economic development and continue to expand the employment capacity; the second is to strengthen the driving role of entrepreneurship and enlarge the employment multiplier effect; the third is to improve the employment support system for key groups and enhance the ability of employment security; the fourth is to improve the skill quality of workers and ease the structure Employment contradictions; Fifth, promote the construction of the human resources market system and improve the public employment service system; Sixth, optimize the employment environment for workers, and increase the level of workers' income and rights protection; Seventh, properly respond to potential impacts and prevent and resolve large-scale unemployment risks.

The "Plan" improves support and guarantee measures from five aspects, including strengthening the party's leadership, strengthening financial guarantees, improving policy effects, encouraging exploration and innovation, and earnestly organizing implementation. The "Plan" requires that the Party's leadership be implemented in all fields, aspects, and links of employment promotion, coordinate all types of employment funds in accordance with regulations, improve the use efficiency, strengthen the follow-up investigation and evaluation of the implementation effects of employment policies, and actively explore more A pragmatic and effective implementation method and useful and effective implementation measures, strengthen supervision and inspection, layer responsibilities, and implement tasks.

"People's Daily" (August 28, 2021 01 Edition)