On October 10, the State Council Information Office's "Starting the 15th Five-Year Plan" series of themed press conferences revealed that from January to September this year, my country's urban areas created 10.52 million new jobs, completing 87.7% of the full-year target. The average urban surveyed unemployment rate in the first eight months was 5.2%, and the overall employment situation remained stable.
"2 plans" + "5 actions" to stabilize employment
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security stated that it will next implement a combination of employment policies and implement "two plans" to support the employment of young people such as college graduates, flexible employment, and improve the employment quality of workers in new employment forms. Simultaneously carry out "five actions" to actively respond to the employment changes brought about by artificial intelligence, and strengthen skills training, assistance to migrant workers, and public employment services. The “15th Five-Year Plan” will also improve the minimum wage adjustment and skill-oriented salary distribution mechanisms.
The social security fund balance is 11.2 trillion yuan
As of the end of September, the cumulative balance of social security funds for pensions, unemployment, and work-related injuries was 11.2 trillion yuan. In the future, we will expand the enterprise annuity pilot, solidly promote the implementation of the personal pension system, optimize social security transfer and continuity, promote more social security services nationwide, and safeguard the safe and stable operation of social security funds.
Clarify quantitative indicators for skilled talent training
At a press conference held by the State Council Information Office, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security announced the talent training goals for the “15th Five-Year Plan” period. We strive to carry out subsidized vocational skills training for 50 million people and obtain 40 million new skills certificates, including 14 million people with senior worker certificates or above.
At the same time, a knowledge updating project for professional and technical talents will be implemented to cultivate 1 million high-level and in-demand backbone professional and technical talents every year. The goal is to increase the proportion of skilled talents to 35% of the employed population by 2030, and strengthen the team of knowledge-based, innovative and skilled workers.
Improve professional standards and innovative training models
According to reports, it is planned to formulate and revise more than 200 national occupational standards during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. Develop supporting courses, practical training resources and evaluation standards around new occupations.
Promote technical colleges to optimize their professional layout, support enterprises and training institutions to carry out order-based and directional training, and make efforts from various aspects such as standards, courses, and practical training to accelerate the shaping of modern human resources.
Many places are also working hard to build full-chain employment service systems to help workers broaden their employment options.
Many places are focusing on building a full-chain employment service system
In the golden autumn of October, Jiangxi's Ji'an and Jiujiang and other places focused on key groups such as college graduates and returning migrant workers, and launched a number of recruitment activities to open up channels for corporate employment and job seekers.
Taihe County, Ji'an City held a job fair in Citizen Park, using the model of "offline exhibition + live broadcast to guide job postings". 50 companies were present, covering manufacturing, services, e-commerce and other industries. Many fresh graduates are interested in development opportunities in their hometown, and there were more than ten job offers from companies on site.
Duchang County, Jiujiang City launched the "Golden Autumn Recruitment Month" large-scale job fair. More than 50 companies participated in the fair, offering a total of more than 2,000 positions. There are rich job options, including basic positions such as lathe workers and general workers, as well as high-quality positions such as management positions, reserve cadres, and IT, which are suitable for job seekers from different majors.
Sichuan Nanchong unlocks new employment track
Nanchong, Sichuan, has created a full-chain employment service system of "recruitment, training, entrepreneurship, and assistance". It has opened free artificial intelligence training courses locally. It teaches practical courses such as AI comic editing and AI data annotation for unemployed people, fresh graduates, etc. to help freelancers improve their video creation and live broadcast operation capabilities. In the future, new vocational courses such as Internet marketer and online entrepreneurship will be launched for students to choose from.
In addition to digital skills, new business formats such as organization and storage also release jobs. The local organization and storage studio has recruited 16 practitioners through standardized skills training. The practitioners rely on professional services to improve the living environment of others while increasing their own employment and income.
Data shows that from January to August this year, Nanchong created 49,300 new urban jobs, completed more than 8,200 subsidized vocational skills training, and carried out 938 special employment service activities to consolidate local employment security.
