1999 Focus on Re-employment ����The work emphasis of labor and social security departments at various levels must be on promoting a general re-employment of laid-off workers when guaranteed life needs are provided, a call by Labor and Social Security Minister Zhang Zuoyi at a meeting of labor directors held earlier in Beijing. According to the minister, doing a good job of guaranteeing the basic life needs of laid-off workers is the prerequisite of the work for a general re-employment of laid-off workers in contributing to upkeep of good social stability and development of the Chinese economy. ���� Economicnews 1999-01-18 Page2 Full Story in Chinese