China’ s Labor Market and Proactive Employment Policy By Liu Yanbin.
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China’ s Labor Market andProactive Employment Policy
By Liu Yanbin
1.Development of labor market and employment situation
1.China carry out reform and opening-up policy .Its economy maintained steady and rapid growth into the 21st century.
2. The labor market and employment situation improved
1.China carry out reform and opening-up policy .Its economy maintained steady and rapid
growth into the 21st century.
----In 2006, the gross domestic product (GDP) of the year was 20,940.7 billion RMB yuan, up by 10.7 percent over the previous year.
----The general level of consumer prices in China was up by 1.5 percent over the previous
year.
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----The total value of imports and exports in 2006 reached 1,760.7 billion US dollars, up 23.8% over the previous year.
----The utilization of foreign capital continued to increase.
----China’s foreign exchange reserves reached 1,066.3 billion US dollars at the end of 2006.
2. The labor market and employment situation improved
---- Total employment increasing continuallyChart 2. Changes in the number of employees I
n urban and rural areas
(Unit: 10,000 people)
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----Employment structure improved Chart 4. Employment structure of primary,secondary a
nd tertiary industries
in 1990 in 2005
primaryindustry,60.10%
secondaryindustry,21.40%
tertiaryindustry,18.50%
In 2005
primaryindustry,44.80%
secondaryindustry,23.80%
tertiaryindustry,31.40%
----Unemployment rate decreasing slightly Chart 5. Registered urban
unemployment rate, 1990-2006 (%)
----Income of urban and rural residents rising
Chart 5. Income of urban and rural residents,
1990-2005(Unit:yuan)
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The average f armer ' s net i ncome Urban resi dents' di sposabl e i ncome
---- Improving the public employment service system, and fostering and developing the labor market
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II. The disadvantages and advantages in the labor market
and employment 1. Challenges and Problems
2.The opportunities and advantages
Challenges and Problems ---The contradiction between overall supply of and demand
for labor is sharp ---The problem of structural unemployment, characterized
by a mismatch between the quality of the Chinese labor force and job requirements, is becoming more and more conspicuous.
---The problem of the employment of young people ---There are now 150 million rural surplus laborers who
need to be transferred. ---Over 11 million unemployed and laid-off persons who
need to be employed or reemployed. --- How to improve the quality of employment is a problem.
2.The opportunities and advantages
----The economy keeps developing in a sustained, rapid, coordinated and healthy way.
----The Chinese government pays close attention to the problem of employmen.
----After many years of exploration and practice, the general policy for solving the employment problem has been settled.
----The implementation of the strategies for promoting the coordinated development of different areas.
----With the in-depth implementation and improvement of various policies for increasing employment.
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III. The strategies and policies for improving the labor market system
and promoting employment
1.The major goal for the labor market and employment should be set
2.Major policies and measures should be exercised
1.The major goal for the labor market and employment should be set:
to increase the posts of employment in large numbers through developing the economy and improving its structure
to create a better environment for workers to choose jobs on their own
to control the unemployment rate and average unemployment cycle within limits the society is able to bear
2.Major policies and measures should be exercised
— Maintaining the relatively rapid growth of the economy, and putting the work of employment and reemployment in a more salient position.
— Promoting the readjustment of economic structure and the improvement of employment structure in coordination, and expanding the capacity of employment.
— Adhering to coordinated economic and social development of urban and rural areas, and making overall plans for urban and rural employment.
— Establishing and improving a market-oriented employment mechanism with free choice of jobs by laborers as the salient feature and the legal system of the government as the foundation.
2.Major policies and measures should be exercised
— Raising the level of education, strengthening vocational training, and tailoring the level of human resources quality improvement to the needs of economic development.
— Making rational arrangement in social security and employment, and providing basic subsistence guarantee and employment assistance for the underprivileged group.
— Raising the level of opening-up, and giving play to China's advantage in labor resources.
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