China unveils plan to boost high-quality employment and worker protections
2 months, 4 weeks ago

China unveils plan to boost high-quality employment and worker protections

China Daily  

Graduates talk about employment information during a spring job fair at the Southwest University in Chongqing, March 29, 2024. China plans to boost high-quality employment by fostering new industries, improving education systems, and strengthening worker protections to enhance public confidence in careers and ensure sustainable socioeconomic growth. The State Council, China's Cabinet, recently issued a guideline emphasizing employment as a priority, recognizing its critical role in maintaining people's livelihoods and national stability. To better align education with the job market, the government will adjust college curriculums based on employment prospects, warning disciplines with poor job outcomes for review. The guideline also calls for removing unreasonable restrictions on labor mobility and eliminating job discrimination based on social status, gender, or age.

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China unveils plan to boost high-quality employment and worker protections
2 months, 4 weeks ago

China unveils plan to boost high-quality employment and worker protections

China Daily  

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated :2024-09-26 China plans to boost high-quality employment by fostering new industries, improving education systems, and strengthening worker protections to enhance public confidence in careers and ensure sustainable socioeconomic growth. The State Council, China's Cabinet, recently issued a guideline emphasizing employment as a priority, recognizing its critical role in maintaining people's livelihoods and national stability. To better align education …

China’s rising youth unemployment breeds new working class
4 months ago

China’s rising youth unemployment breeds new working class

The Hindu  

Rising unemployment in China is pushing millions of college graduates into a tough bargain, with some forced to accept low-paying work or even subsist on their parents’ pensions, a plight that has created a new working class of “rotten-tail kids”. The phrase has become a social media buzzword this year, drawing parallels to the catchword “rotten-tail buildings” for the tens …

Multiple measures taken to promote employment of college graduates
1 year ago

Multiple measures taken to promote employment of college graduates

China Daily  

China's college graduates in 2024 are expected to reach 11.79 million, seeing a year-on-year increase of 210,000, according to the Ministry of Education. Local authorities and higher education institutes are urged to take multiple measures to promote the employment of college graduates, which is the priority of their work, the ministry said in a circular released on Tuesday. A total …

Setting goals
1 year, 7 months ago

Setting goals

China Daily  

Contestants take part in a vocational skills match in Huaian, Jiangsu province, in March. China has two vocational education systems managed by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security. The Ministry of Education manages another 8,812 schools offering vocational education, among which 1,518 vocational colleges issue graduation certificates equivalent to normal universities. Under the …

China issues guideline on advancing vocational education reform
2 years ago

China issues guideline on advancing vocational education reform

China Daily  

A worker works at the practical skills training center at a vocational school in China. It aims to enhance the capacities of vocational schools and increase the quality, adaptability, and appeal of vocational education to train more high-caliber technicians and skilled workers, said the document. The reform of the country's vocational education will focus on developing a multi-form, multi-channel, and …

Govt outlines plan to beef up employment
3 years, 3 months ago

Govt outlines plan to beef up employment

China Daily  

55m new urban jobs set as goal by 2025, education of young workers stressed The central government has rolled out policies to beef up employment during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, and is confident about maintaining a stable job market over the next five years. Gao Gao, deputy secretary-general of the National Development and Reform Commission, told a news conference …

Govt outlines plan to beef up employment
3 years, 3 months ago

Govt outlines plan to beef up employment

China Daily  

A technician works on the production line of a circuit board in a high-tech company in Hai'an, Jiangsu province. 55m new urban jobs set as goal by 2025, education of young workers stressed The central government has rolled out policies to beef up employment during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, and is confident about maintaining a stable job market over …

China buoys job market for college grads amid COVID-19
4 years, 5 months ago

China buoys job market for college grads amid COVID-19

China Daily  

BEIJING -- With a record 8.74 million college graduates entering a labor landscape disrupted by the COVID-19 epidemic, the Chinese government has tried hard to help the class of 2020 not just land jobs but also explore new possibilities. The surveyed unemployment rate among job seekers holding junior college diploma or higher degrees and aged between 20 and 24, the …

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