Xi Jinping stressed the importance of promoting high-quality and full employment and continuously enhancing the sense of fulfillment, happiness, and security among the working people at the 14th collective learning session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

Xi Jinping emphasized at the 14th collective learning session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee

Promoting high-quality and full employment

Continuously enhancing the sense of fulfillment, happiness, and security of the vast number of workers

On the afternoon of May 27, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held its 14th collective learning session on promoting high-quality and full employment. General Secretary Xi Jinping, presiding over the session, emphasized that promoting high-quality and full employment is a new positioning and mission for employment work in the new era and on the new journey. We must adhere to the people-centered development philosophy, fully implement the principles of workers' autonomous employment, market-regulated employment, government-promoted employment, and encouragement of entrepreneurship, continuously promote effective improvement in the quality and reasonable growth in the quantity of employment, continuously enhance the sense of fulfillment, happiness, and security of the vast number of workers, and provide strong support for comprehensively advancing the building of a strong nation and the great cause of national rejuvenation through Chinese-style modernization.

Mo Rong, a researcher and president of the Chinese Academy of Labor and Social Security Sciences, gave a lecture on this issue and put forward suggestions. Comrades of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee listened carefully to the lecture and held discussions.

Xi Jinping delivered an important speech after listening to the lecture and discussion. He pointed out that employment is the most basic livelihood, concerning the vital interests of the people, the healthy development of the economy and society, and the long-term stability of the country. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the CPC Central Committee has consistently placed employment work in a prominent position in governing the country and administering the state, strengthened the employment priority policy, improved the employment promotion mechanism, effectively responded to various pressures and challenges, and created an average of 13 million new urban jobs annually, providing important support for improving people's livelihoods and economic development. In practice, we have continuously deepened our understanding of the laws governing employment work in the new era and accumulated a lot of experience. This mainly includes: adhering to employment as the foundation of people's livelihood; adhering to the implementation of the employment priority strategy; adhering to relying on development to promote employment; adhering to the combination of expanding employment capacity and improving employment quality; adhering to focusing on the employment of key groups; adhering to entrepreneurship driving employment; adhering to creating a fair employment environment; adhering to building harmonious labor relations, etc. This experience is very valuable and should be adhered to and continuously enriched and developed for a long time.

Xi Jinping stressed that we must unswervingly implement the new development concept, more consciously regard high-quality and full employment as a priority goal for economic and social development, make the process of high-quality development a process of improving and expanding employment, and improve the employment driving force of development. We should develop new productive forces in a way that suits local conditions, transform and upgrade traditional industries, cultivate and expand emerging industries, plan and build future industries, improve the modern industrial system, and strive to create more high-quality employment opportunities. Support the development of industries and enterprises with strong employment absorption capacity to stabilize and expand employment capacity. Based on the new trends in economic and social development and the new expectations of the people for high-quality life, vigorously develop new formats and new models, actively explore and cultivate new occupational sequences, and develop new employment growth points. Strengthen the assessment of the impact of major policies, major projects, and major productive force layouts on employment, and promote the coordination and synergy of fiscal, monetary, investment, consumption, industrial, and regional policies with employment policies to build an employment-friendly development model.

Xi Jinping pointed out that we must accelerate the shaping of a modern human resource system with excellent quality, sufficient quantity, optimized structure, and reasonable distribution, and resolve the structural employment contradiction of mismatch between the supply and demand of human resources. Adapting to the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, scientifically judging the development trend of human resources, comprehensively managing education, training, and employment, dynamically adjusting the structure and layout of higher education majors and resources, vigorously developing vocational education, and improving the lifelong vocational skills training system. Improve the supply and demand matching mechanism, strive to achieve a match between people and jobs, make the best use of people's talents, and make the best use of people's talents to improve the quality and stability of employment. Strengthen publicity and education, guide the whole society to firmly establish the correct employment concept, and open up new avenues for employment with new employment concepts. In-depth analysis of the reasons for the labor shortage in some industries, starting with solving the problem of "jobs without people to fill," to solve the problem of "people without jobs."

Xi Jinping stressed that we must improve support policies for employment of key groups. We must adhere to prioritizing the employment of young people, including college graduates, develop more employment opportunities that are conducive to giving full play to their expertise, encourage young people to engage in employment and entrepreneurship in key fields, key industries, urban and rural grassroots, and small and micro enterprises, and broaden market-oriented and socialized employment channels. Combining the promotion of new urbanization and rural revitalization, adhering to the parallel importance of going out to work and working locally, taking multiple measures to promote the employment of migrant workers, and guiding the return of talents from outside and the entrepreneurship of urban talents in rural areas. Stabilize the scale and income of employment for people who have shaken off poverty, and prevent large-scale relapse into poverty due to unemployment. Strengthen support for employment-difficult groups such as the elderly, the disabled, and the long-term unemployed, make comprehensive use of public welfare positions, and ensure that zero-employment families are dynamically cleared. Do a good job in employment for groups such as retired servicemen and women.

Xi Jinping pointed out that we must deepen reforms of the employment system and mechanisms. Improve the public service system for employment and improve the public service system for employment. Improve the supporting system for entrepreneurship-driven employment, optimize entrepreneurship services, and improve the quality of entrepreneurship. Improve a unified and standardized human resource market system, create a fair employment environment, and enable everyone to have the opportunity to achieve their own development through hard work.

Xi Jinping stressed that we must strengthen the protection of the rights and interests of workers. Improve labor laws and regulations, standardize labor standards for new employment forms, improve the social security system, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of workers. Strengthen the protection of the rights and interests of flexible employment and workers in new employment forms, expand the pilot program for occupational injury protection, and summarize experience and form systems in a timely manner. Strengthen market supervision and labor security supervision and law enforcement, and effectively govern such irregularities as employment discrimination, wage arrears, and illegal layoffs.

Finally, Xi Jinping pointed out that all levels of party committees and governments should treat employment as a top priority for people's livelihood, strengthen organizational leadership, improve institutional mechanisms, and enhance the synergy of work. We should accelerate the construction of a Chinese employment theoretical system and effectively enhance China's international voice and influence in the field of employment.