Original title: How to promote higher quality employment?Experts: Point-to-face combination, precise policy implementation
At present, the work of “six stability” and “six guarantees” continues to advance. Data show that in 2021, 12.69 million new jobs will be created in urban areas across the country, an increase of 830,000 over 2020. “In the past two years, my country’s economic operation has been generally stable, and the growth of economic fundamentals has ensured the stability of the overall employment situation, but the epidemic has indeed had a certain impact on my country’s employment problem.” Dean of the School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China, Research on Common Wealth Zhao Zhong, a researcher at the academy, said in an interview with People’s Daily Online.
Under the impact of the epidemic, how has the employment of urban and rural areas in my country been affected? In Zhao Zhong’s view, the epidemic has caused some restrictions on logistics and international trade, which has impacted the market environment to a certain extent, thus affecting market players, and after transmission to the labor market, it will have a certain impact on urban and rural employment. , especially in tourism, catering, transportation and other industries.
“The epidemic prevention and control needs to limit the movement of the population to a certain extent, which will restrict the employment of migrant workers.” Zhao Zhong said that it was especially obvious in the first half of 2020. There are 285 million migrant workers in my country in 2020. Their chances of going out to work and the stability of their jobs have caused a lot of impact.
In addition, Zhao Zhong said that in general, the youth group including college students has a high unemployment rate and faces the problem of entering the labor market for the first time. The epidemic has made it more difficult for teenagers to transition from school to the labor market.
Employment is the biggest livelihood of the people, how can we stabilize and maintain employment? Zhao Zhong said that at the macro level, my country has always adhered to both epidemic prevention and control and economic development, and the results have been outstanding. The year-on-year GDP growth rate in the first quarter of 2020 was affected by the epidemic, which was -6.8%, but the year-on-year GDP growth rate in the second quarter turned negative to positive, with GDP growth of 2.3% in 2020 and 8.1% in 2021. The growth of economic fundamentals has ensured the overall stability of employment.
According to the statistics of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2021, 12.69 million new urban jobs will be created, an increase of 7.1% over the previous year, and the annual target will be completed ahead of schedule from January to October; the registered urban unemployment rate is 5.1%, which was controlled within the target; 292 million rural laborers were transferred to employment, returning to the level of 2019. At the same time, the number of people participating in basic pension, unemployment and work-related injury insurance reached 1.021 billion, 226 million and 279 million respectively.
The employment-first strategy and the employment mix policy have played a positive role in maintaining employment resilience. Zhao Zhong believes that reducing the burden on enterprises, protecting market players, and stimulating the vitality of market players are the foundation of ensuring and stabilizing employment. Among them, relying on science and technology such as information technology and digital technology, and using the Internet and other means to slow down and resolve the impact of the epidemic on the commodity market have played a positive role. “At the same time, it is necessary to optimize employment services, through traditional means and modern technologies, to help the supply side of the labor market match the demand side, and reduce friction in the labor market.” Zhao Zhong said.
Zhao Zhong also said that the combination of point and face employment policies has played a positive role in maintaining employment stability. For example, the employment of college students, my country has introduced policies such as expanding graduate enrollment and setting up temporary positions; for migrant workers, we have opened point-to-point special vehicles and trains. Serve.
Data show that while the economy has steadily returned to growth, income and consumption have also continued to recover. In 2021, the per capita disposable income of national residents will be 35,128 yuan, an actual increase of 8.1% over the previous year after deducting price factors;
In 2021, the per capita consumption expenditure of national residents will be 24,100 yuan, a real increase of 12.6%. Divided into urban and rural areas. Zhao Zhong said that the recovery of residents’ income and consumption has boosted the economy and supported the stability and growth of employment.
“The growth of economic fundamentals, the stability of market entities, the continuous recovery of income and consumption, the bottom line of social policies, and the combination of employment policies and precise measures for different groups have maintained the overall stability of my country’s employment.” Zhao Zhong Say. (Wang Shaoshao)