Employment is closely linked to income and concerns millions of households. In order to effectively respond to the impact of external environment and domestic economic changes on employment, and promote the employment of key groups such as college graduates, poverty-stricken population, migrant workers, and retired soldiers, the State Council Leading Group for Employment Promotion and Labor Protection issued a plan on March 27, launching a package of measures to enhance job potential and expand capacity, and support the employment and entrepreneurship of key groups. The plan fully embodies the organic combination of economic development and employment promotion, as well as the organic combination of industrial policies, major projects, and employment policies Chen Yongjia, Deputy Director of the Employment Promotion Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, said. On the one hand, in terms of job development, the focus is on industrial development, expanding consumption, major projects, and livelihood services, opening up employment opportunities for workers. On the other hand, in terms of policy measures, the focus is on strengthening measures such as reducing workload and stabilizing employment, providing incentives for job expansion, supporting entrepreneurship, and matching people with jobs, in order to promote employment and entrepreneurship among key groups. A series of more proactive and targeted policy measures will establish a comprehensive policy system to promote full employment and improve employment quality, forming a joint force to promote high-quality full employment Li Chang'an, a researcher at the National Institute of Opening up at the University of International Business and Economics, said. The manufacturing industry is an important aspect of stabilizing the employment base and expanding new growth points for employment. According to the plan, China will implement a new round of stable growth work plan for the top ten key industries, study the mechanism for maintaining a reasonable proportion of investment in the manufacturing industry, and stabilize the employment scale in the manufacturing industry; Continuously carry out advanced manufacturing to promote employment actions, cultivate new employment spaces such as intelligent equipment, electronic information, biomedicine, and low altitude economy; Implement the "Artificial Intelligence+" initiative to enhance the employment creation effect of emerging technologies. In terms of expanding consumption, the plan proposes to promote the transformation of new consumption hotspots into new employment channels. At the same time, in amplifying the employment increment of major engineering projects, we will increase the implementation of work for relief, increase the scale of investment in the central budget for work for relief, and attract more low-income people to work locally. Focusing on ensuring key livelihood services and promoting employment, the plan requires strengthening the elderly care service industry and accelerating the establishment of professional qualifications for elderly care service providers. Promote the healthcare infrastructure project, strengthen the construction of the nursing team, and attract various healthcare talents. Increase inclusive childcare services and attract more employment opportunities. Focusing on expanding the service space for grassroots workers in urban and rural areas, the plan proposes to increase the supply of full-time community workers; Appropriately expand the recruitment scale of the "Three Supports and One Assistance" plan and the "Western Plan"; Guide law graduates and legal interns to provide legal aid services at the grassroots level in western China. The plan proposes a series of new measures to address the recruitment of government agencies, public institutions, and state-owned enterprises that many job seekers are concerned about, including revitalizing the staffing resources of education, health, and other public institutions in various regions, and accelerating recruitment organization; Promote the establishment of student aid management positions or employment internship positions in universities, and support relevant units to increase their efforts in developing research assistant positions; Encourage state-owned enterprises to take the lead in absorbing employment opportunities. About 190 million business entities carry the employment and entrepreneurship of hundreds of millions of people, which is a key factor in stabilizing employment. Continue to implement phased policies to reduce unemployment and work-related injury insurance premiums; Increase financial support for labor-intensive enterprises that promote stable employment, such as those that do not lay off employees but lay off fewer employees; Research will include eligible social organizations in the scope of the one-time expansion subsidy policy; Extend the implementation period of the one-time increase in personnel and capital policy for state-owned enterprises until the end of 2026; Encourage places with conditions to increase the amount of entrepreneurship guarantee loans... The plan adopts a series of practical measures to increase support for reducing burdens and stabilizing employment, and to leverage the multiplier effect of entrepreneurship driving employment. Since the beginning of this year, the overall employment situation in China has been stable. At the same time, it should be noted that some enterprises still face certain difficulties in their operations in the face of complex and severe external environments. The government will provide 'real money' and timely implement various policies such as tax incentives, guaranteed loans, and employment subsidies, which will encourage enterprises to absorb more employment Li Chang'an said. This year, there are 12.22 million fresh college graduates, and the scale of employment for the poverty-stricken population needs to be maintained at over 30 million, while also ensuring stable employment for a considerable number of rural migrant workers. Overall, the pressure on employment volume has not decreased, and structural contradictions have become more prominent. Li Chang'an believes that the deployment of large-scale vocational skills training is crucial for solving structural employment contradictions. With the acceleration of industrial transformation and upgrading, the employment requirements of enterprises are also changing and increasing. Only by improving the quality and skill level of workers can we truly enhance their competitiveness and employment quality. The plan also proposes to adjust the minimum wage standard reasonably and protect the labor remuneration rights of low-income workers. We will continue to carry out special actions to clean up and rectify the order of the human resources market, and investigate and punish illegal activities such as employment discrimination, illegal job agencies, and recruitment fraud in accordance with the law. Experts say that relevant measures will promote the protection of workers' legitimate rights and interests, and help promote high-quality and full employment. (New Society)