BEIJING: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, has urged efforts to promote high-quality and sufficient employment and continuously enhance workers’ sense of fulfillment, happiness and security.
Xi made the remarks on Monday while presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.
Xi said China must apply a people-centered development philosophy and improve both the quality and quantity of jobs through specific pro-employment policies.
Mo Rong, head of the Chinese Academy of Labor and Social Security, gave a lecture on the high-quality and sufficient employment issue at the study session and put forth relevant suggestions.
The attendees listened attentively to Mo and then had discussions.
Since the CPC’s 18th National Congress was held in 2012, employment has been a priority for the Party leadership in the governance of the country, with 13 million urban jobs created each year on average.
Xi noted that employment is the most basic part of the people’s well-being, which is connected with the people’s immediate interests and the country’s sound economic and social development as well as its long-term peace and stability.
Valuable experience has been gained through practice, such as relying on development to promote employment, targeting key groups to increase employment and driving employment through entrepreneurship, Xi said, calling for long-term implementation and continuous improvement of these practices.
This year, China aims to create over 12 million jobs in urban areas and keep the surveyed urban unemployment rate at about 5.5 percent. The country’s surveyed urban unemployment rate came in at 5.2 percent in the January-April period.
Xi urged efforts to prioritize high-quality and sufficient employment as a primary goal of economic and social development and further boost employment through development.
Measures should be taken to develop new quality productive forces according to local conditions as part of the efforts to create more high-quality jobs, he said. –The Daily Mail-CGTN news exchange item
