Jiang Urges Focus on Re-employment Efforts

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Jiang Urges Focus on Re-employment Efforts

The governments at various levels should work hard to develop economy, which would bring more job opportunities for laborers; in return, more employment would promote economic prosperity, President Jiang told a conference Thursday aimed at helping laid-off workers get jobs.

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Jiang: Jobs for Laid-off Workers From State-owned Enterprises Most Crucial

Government departments must focus on several priorities in dealing with re-employment, Chinese President Jiang Zemin told a conference in Beijing on Thursday aimed at helping laid-off workers get jobs.

The governments at various levels should work hard to develop economy, which would bring more job opportunities for laborers, said Jiang. In return, more employment would promote economic prosperity.

Meanwhile, the country should attach importance to the development of labor-intensive industries while supporting the growth of hi-tech sectors. The governments should also back small and medium-sized companies, which are able to absorb more employees, he said.

Enterprises dismissing redundant workers should create more job opportunities for them instead of throwing them out of society.

Favorable policies and guidance should be given to surplus laborers in villages. Government departments must offer equal treatment, proper supervision and a sound service for the farmers who go to towns and cities for new jobs, Jiang said.

Moreover, adequate measures should be taken to improve the social welfare system, which guaranteed the success of social reforms and re-employment efforts.

Jiang said that the governments should increase financial support to help laid-off workers become employed again. It was a long-term work requiring patience, overall strategy and extensive cooperation to attain final success. All government leaders were required to devote their energy to the long-term strategic task, Jiang said.

Jobs for SOE Laid-off Workers Most Crucial

Workers laid off from state-owned enterprises had contributed to nation building and solving their job problems should be the most important task of the entire employment focus, Jiang stressed at the conference.

He said it was "an unshirkable responsibility of all levels of the CPC, the government and the whole of society" to solve the re-employment problem for these workers well.

Employment in China would remain an important issue over a long period owing to the gap between work opportunities and an oversupply of labour and the quality of some workers, Jiang pointed out.

He said China faced a variety of employment problems, including job pressure in urban areas and surplus rural labor force moving to the towns. The crux of all these problems was the re-employment of laid-off workers, which had become a major issue with bearing on China's overall economic and social situation.

The conference was convened by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council. Other top-ranking leaders Zhu Rongji, Li Ruihuan, Hu Jintao, Wei Jianxing and Li Lanqing, all members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), also attended the conference.

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