Summary of major events in 2007

1. Ten major employment events in the country

1. Achieving "more adequate social employment" is one of the goals of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way.

The Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China determined the route, principles and policies for my country to move towards building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way in the next five years, and regarded employment as one of the six major tasks to accelerate the improvement of people's livelihood, and proposed to achieve greater social employment. It fully serves as the goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, establishes and implements a development strategy to expand employment, and implements eight measures to promote employment through entrepreneurship, pointing out the direction for further improving employment and reemployment under the new situation.

After the promulgation of the "Employment Promotion Law", 26 provincial-level leading cadres across the country published special articles in the People's Daily, Workers' Daily, Labor and Social Security News and other media, making commitments to the government's duty to promote employment. At the same time, we will further implement the target responsibility system, give full play to the role of the joint conference system on promoting employment, and strengthen and improve the coordination mechanism for various departments under the leadership of the government to jointly work on management. In December, the China Employment Promotion Association held the "China Employment Mayors Forum" in Chengdu, Sichuan. Mayors from 50 cities across the country participated in the meeting and issued an initiative to managers of all cities across the country to effectively fulfill the government's important responsibilities of promoting employment and controlling unemployment. , earnestly implement the "Employment Promotion Law" and make unremitting efforts to build a harmonious city with more adequate employment, people's contentment and well-being, and social stability and prosperity.

Dong Keyong: One of the goals of economic policies of governments around the world is full employment, and promoting employment is an unshirkable responsibility of governments. The commitments from the mayors are encouraging, and we look forward to more concrete measures in each city.

Tian Xiaobao: The people's government promises a thousand pounds. People are happy with their work and society is harmonious.

Ma Yongtang: Employment is a global topic and an eternal and arduous task before governments of all countries. Looking at the platforms or manifestos of various political parties running for heads of state or government, or looking at the governing programs or concepts of successive governments in various countries, it is not difficult to find that they all put employment issues in an extremely important position in their campaign or governing programs. The secret of this is of course to please the people and win over public opinion, but more importantly, everyone realizes that employment is not only a major event involving economic development, political stability and social harmony, but also promotes personal career development. It is related to the vital interests of millions of households and a solid foundation for enhancing national productivity and competitiveness. Since employment is so important, if there is any candidate or ruler who dares to ignore the issue of employment, then he is either an idiot or asking for trouble or failure?!

Our country has had problems since ancient times. The saying "food is the first priority for the people" means that the problem of food for the people is a huge matter and the first priority that needs to be solved. The key to solving this priority lies in effectively solving the problem of full employment for the people. Based on the experience of ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, the "Employment Promotion Law" lists the realization of more full social employment as an important task and assessment goal for governments at all levels above the county level in my country, and determines it in the form of law, which is extremely important. of practical and historical significance.

After the promulgation of the "Employment Promotion Law", 26 provincial-level leading cadres across the country have published special articles in the People's Daily, Workers' Daily, Labor and Social Security News and other media, making recommendations on how the government fulfills its duty to promote employment. made a solemn commitment, and stated that in order to further implement this target responsibility system, it is necessary to give full play to the role of the joint conference system on promoting employment, strengthen the consultation mechanism for various departments under the leadership of the government to jointly work on * management, and further improve the existing various Policies and measures to promote employment. Mayors of 50 cities across the country also recently stated that they must effectively fulfill the government's important responsibilities of promoting employment and controlling unemployment. It is hoped that these commitments and statements will become facts one by one with the implementation of the two laws.

6. Special employment service activities have become a brand for the labor and social security department to serve the people, deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and achieved remarkable results.

Carry out the "Reemployment Assistance Action" during the two festivals, implement the "Spring Breeze Action" during the peak period when migrant workers go out to find jobs after the Spring Festival, and carry out the "Private Enterprise Recruitment Week" activities during the peak hiring season for private enterprises in May. In September, when college graduates are concentrated in employment, special service weeks and other activities will be implemented to grasp the concentrated employment needs of workers, implement policies and humanized services through special actions, and take targeted measures to solve workers' employment problems. At the same time, special funds were used to promote the training of migrant workers, improve the employment stability of migrant workers, and make new progress.

Dong Keyong: Service-oriented government has been more fully reflected in the labor field.

Tian Xiaobao: Special service, heart-warming. To establish a brand, the focus is on effectiveness.

Ma Yongtang: Public employment service agencies are the carriers that implement government employment policies and help job seekers, especially disadvantaged groups, find employment. Public employment service agencies in the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Japan and other countries pay great attention to the innovation and accumulation of employment service methods and experience when providing free and high-quality services to job seekers. Over the years, they have innovated and accumulated effective service methods such as "one-stop service", "personalized service", "tracking service" and "thematic service".

Based on learning from useful foreign experience, the Training Department of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security proposed to carry out "Reemployment Assistance Action" during the two holidays, and implement "Spring Breeze Action" during the peak period after the Spring Festival when migrant workers go out to find jobs. , carry out "Private Enterprise Recruitment Week" activities in May, the peak hiring season for private enterprises, and implement special service weeks and other activities in September when college graduates are concentrated in employment. When carrying out these special actions, various localities can closely grasp the relatively concentrated job-seeking needs of workers, allocate special funds in a timely manner, and provide targeted humanized services. Through the close integration of special employment service actions and daily employment service activities, the service quality and efficiency of public employment service agencies have been solidly improved, and a good service brand image and awareness have been established. This effective measure, which has been proven by practice, should be institutionalized and standardized, and should be persisted in for a long time.

7. Technical school grants and high-skilled talent subsidy policies pave the way for the growth of skilled talent.

Promote cooperation between technical schools and enterprises across the country to accelerate the cultivation of highly skilled talents. The state has included high-skilled talents in the scope of special government subsidies. They are selected every two years, with 400 people selected each time. This has enriched and improved the high-skilled talent policy. At the same time, rural students in technical schools and students from urban families with financial difficulties are given an annual allowance of 1,500 yuan per person. Bursary subsidies. These policies and measures will have a positive incentive effect on accelerating the cultivation of high-skilled talents.

Dong Keyong: High-skilled talents are the key to the sustainable development of our country's economy and improvement of international competitiveness. Accelerating the cultivation of highly-skilled talents is the most important strategic measure.

Tian Xiaobao: Skilled talents are the treasure of the family and the country. Cultivate incentives and policy guarantees.

Ma Yongtang: Today, as economic globalization is further accelerating, the competition for strength between countries is, in the final analysis, a competition for talents. Therefore, many competitive countries regard cultivating high-skilled talents as a strategy to strengthen the country, and have formulated relatively complete training systems and funding plans for this purpose. For example, the famous dual-track training system in Germany, the loan training system in the United States and Canada, etc.

On the basis of drawing on international experience and combining it with its own national conditions, our country has lost no opportunity to implement a system of cooperation between technical schools and enterprises to accelerate the cultivation of high-skilled talents. At the same time, the state has also included highly skilled talents in the scope of enjoying special government subsidies, and provided an annual scholarship subsidy of 1,500 yuan per person to rural students in technical schools and urban students from poor families. These incentive policies and measures will have a huge promoting effect on further accelerating the cultivation of high-skilled talents in our country. We should continue to implement and continuously improve these policies and measures, and stick to them unswervingly for the long term.

8. Strengthen the cultivation and standardization of the human resources market and promote fair employment.

The "Employment Promotion Law" integrates the existing labor market, talent market, graduate employment market and other markets to form a national unified, open, competitive and orderly human resources market, and clearly stipulates the employment of workers. There will be no discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, race, gender, religious belief, etc. Groups such as persons with disabilities, carriers of infectious diseases, and farmers who work in cities enjoy equal labor rights with other workers. At the same time, it clearly requires strengthening human resources market management and standardizing market order, laying the foundation for the formation of an equal employment system for urban and rural workers.

Dong Keyong: Only a standardized human resources market can achieve effective allocation of human resources and protect the rights and interests of workers.

Tian Xiaobao: Unify the market, orderly competition; fair employment and eliminate discrimination.

Ma Yongtang: In order to integrate the existing labor market, talent market, college graduate employment market and other markets into a national unified, open, competitive and orderly human resources market, the "Employment Promotion Law" has made Providing special funds and listing it as the legal responsibility of governments at or above the county level.

In our country, the task of establishing a national unified, open, competitive and orderly human resources market is extremely arduous and arduous. Because in order to achieve this goal, we must completely break the dual structure of my country's urban and rural labor market divisions, and fundamentally integrate the current fragmented urban employment service system managed by departments to break up departmental interests; and must integrate the household registration system, administrative management We will make major reforms that are complementary and interrelated in terms of institutional, legal and financial systems. Obviously this kind of reform is not something that can be done easily or overnight. But from the perspective of the demand direction for further reform and improvement of my country's market economic system construction and labor and employment system, it is the only way to go. Apart from this, there is no other way. Therefore, in the process of establishing a national unified, open, competitive and orderly human resources market, we must be mentally prepared for long-term battles and tough battles.

The meanings of the terms "human resources market" and "labor market" are different depending on the occasions used by the International Labor Organization and the scope or objects they target. The former is mostly targeted at the micro level. In other words, the latter is a special vocabulary that specifically refers to the conditions and mechanisms of labor supply and demand relations and wage price changes at the macro and meso levels. The term "human resources market" used here in the "Employment Promotion Law", I think, should be understood or regarded as the meaning of "labor market" commonly used internationally and commonly used by the International Labor Organization.

The "Employment Promotion Law" clearly stipulates fair employment in the form of a special chapter, raising the banner of prohibiting employment discrimination in our country. This is a highlight and a milestone progress in promoting social harmony and justice in our country, and in realizing fairness and justice in employment and career opportunities in our country.

Achieving employment equity and striving for social justice are the lofty goals shared by human society. However, whether or to what extent this goal can be achieved depends on a country's economic and social development level, the supply and demand relationship in the labor market, the overall quality of workers, and employment concepts, among other factors. At present, although our country's economy is growing rapidly, due to our country's abundant labor resources but poor quality, the pattern of labor supply exceeding demand is difficult to change in the short term. The employment situation is also due to the employment of new growth labor force, the transfer of agricultural surplus labor force, employment and the economy. The complicated situation of re-employment of unemployed people during the structural adjustment is huge and the pressure is huge. In this severe employment situation, employment or occupational discrimination is common in my country, and the types of discrimination are also diverse, including discrimination caused by factors such as ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, etc.; and discrimination caused by disabilities, infectious diseases, etc. , or even employment or occupational discrimination caused by identity, name, zodiac sign, height, shortness, fatness or thinness.

Faced with this severe employment pressure and employment discrimination, how can we truly reduce and gradually eliminate employment or occupational discrimination? The general international experience is that, in addition to the principle provisions provided by the national constitution, labor law or other higher-level laws, special legislation needs to be formulated to target certain types of employment or occupational discrimination, and special mechanisms or institutions to deal with employment or occupational discrimination need to be established. For example, the United States has laws against gender discrimination, laws against age discrimination, and laws against disability discrimination, and has an Employment Equity Commission that specifically handles employment or occupational discrimination. Countries such as the United Kingdom, France and Japan also have special legislation or specialized processing agencies in this area. But even in these countries, employment or occupational discrimination has not been eradicated. For example, in the United States, the phenomenon of unequal pay between men and women for equal work is still widespread.

Although no country has completely eradicated employment or occupational discrimination in real life, legal prohibition is necessary. my country's "Employment Promotion Law" is formulated based on the experience of international anti-employment or occupational discrimination legislation. It prohibits employment or occupational discrimination in my country and creates a social environment or public opinion atmosphere that opposes and prohibits employment or occupational discrimination. It also laid a solid foundation for the further formulation of my country's regulations on promoting fair employment and implementation details against employment or occupational discrimination.

9． Carry out the first national labor service brand display, exchange and selection and commendation activities.

In November 2007, under the guidance of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and the Henan Provincial People's Government, sponsored by the China Employment Promotion Association, and hosted by the Henan Provincial Department of Labor and Social Security, the first national labor service brand display, exchange, selection and commendation event was held in Zhengzhou hold. The theme of this exhibition is "Labor Service Brands: Quality, Management, Quality". Nearly 300 labor service brands and employment service brands participated in the exhibition. Hundreds of representatives from large and medium-sized enterprises and human resources institutions attended the exhibition to visit the exhibition and discuss labor service cooperation. .

Exhibitions have had a positive impact on promoting the export of labor services, developing the labor economy, and promoting the transfer of employment of surplus agricultural labor.

Dong Keyong: "Knowledge is power." In the information age, the exchange of information and the dissemination of experience are also power.

Tian Xiaobao: As a labor service brand, quality comes first. In the labor economy, brands open the way.

Ma Yongtang: Creating and cultivating labor service brands is an important way to promote the rational flow of labor, promote overseas employment, develop labor economic cooperation and promote the transfer of rural surplus labor for employment.

Compared with commodity brands, cultivating service brands is a more arduous and complex task, requiring more energy and time. This is because, in addition to the quality, credibility and cultural characteristics of a commodity brand, a labor service brand also needs the carrier that provides labor services to have professional skills, foreign language skills, communication and cooperation abilities, a serious and responsible work attitude and sincerity, civility, Basics such as treating others politely. In addition, since the carrier of the labor service brand is a living person with life and feelings, in addition to providing labor services to the employer, family or individual, they also have the need to maintain their own life and dignity, as well as to continue and support future generations.

At present, many famous labor service brands have been formed in the domestic labor service market, such as "Baoji Technician", "Huisi Blue Collar", "Luxi Manpower", "Hubei Seaman", "Jingchu Sewing" Sister, "Jilin Security", etc. There are many well-known international labor brands that enjoy high reputation and popularity in the international labor market, the most famous of which are Filipino domestic workers (commonly known as Filipino maids), Filipino seamen , Filipino nurses, Indian computer engineers, Indian doctors, British English teachers, etc.

The first national labor service brand exhibition, exchange and selection commendation was held in Zhengzhou with the theme of "Labor Service Brand: Quality, Management, Quality". The event was a complete success. Nearly 300 labor service brands and employment service brands participated in the exhibition, and hundreds of representatives from large and medium-sized enterprises and human resources institutions participated in the exhibition and labor service cooperation negotiations. It can form a brand and be held every one or two years. I believe it will have a positive impact on the formation, cultivation and development of labor service brands. 10. The Asian Employment Forum with the theme of "Decent Work" was successfully held in Beijing.

The Asian Employment Forum, sponsored by the International Labor Organization and hosted by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, was successfully held in Beijing from August 13 to 14. From Asia 22 Labor ministers and representatives of employers and workers from various countries and regions, as well as representatives from the International Labor Organization and other relevant international organizations attended the meeting to exchange policies and experience measures in promoting employment in Asian countries, as well as the results and results achieved by China's implementation of active employment policies. The practical experience has been highly praised by the International Labor Organization and representatives of various countries. The Asia Forum has further strengthened exchanges and cooperation between my country and Asian countries in the field of employment and expanded my country’s influence in the international community.

Dong Keyong: China's successful experience in the field of employment can and should benefit people around the world.

Tian Xiaobao: China is the leader in employment; rich in experience and world-renowned.

Hosted by the International Labor Organization. , the Asian Employment Forum hosted by the Ministry of Labor and Social Security was successfully held in Beijing from August 13th to 14th. Hundreds of labor ministers and employer and worker representatives from 22 Asian countries and regions, as well as representatives from the International Labor Organization and other relevant international institutions were present. Attended the meeting.

Among the international conferences hosted by the International Labor Organization, apart from the annual International Labor Conference, the largest regional conference is the Asia Employment Forum conference. , an important regional meeting with a large scale and many topics. Chinese State Councilor Hua Jianmin and Director-General of the International Labor Organization Somavia attended the meeting and delivered opening remarks. The keynote speech was "Expand employment opportunities, safeguard employment rights, and strive to build a harmonious socialist society." The forum consisted of conferences, roundtables and special meetings. It included 22 labor ministers from Asia-Pacific countries and 27 representatives of trade unions and employer organizations. and experts spoke at the conference. Topics discussed included: Looking ahead to the Asia Decent Work Decade - Sustainable Growth and Job Opportunities to 2015; Job Creation and Poverty Reduction Policies; Decent Work for Sustainable Productivity and Competitiveness; Equity Effective labor market mechanisms and policies; and informal economy and employment.

Representatives at the conference had in-depth discussions and exchanges on policies and experiences in promoting employment in Asian countries, and went to Tianjin to inspect and observe the implementation of active employment policy projects by the Tianjin Employment Service Center and Vocational Training Center, and learned about the implementation of active employment policies in China. The fruitful results achieved and practical experience accumulated were highly praised.

The reason why the Asian Employment Forum was chosen to be held in China is mainly because the organizer, the International Labor Organization, attaches great importance to and appreciates the active employment policies implemented by China in recent years and the results it has achieved, and hopes that through this conference It provides representatives from other Asian countries with an opportunity to hear and watch China's employment promotion practices in person, and hopes that this conference can serve as an on-site experience exchange meeting. The results of the meeting showed that the Asian Employment Forum successfully completed various tasks and achieved various expected goals. At the same time, it also further strengthened exchanges and cooperation in the field of employment between my country and Asian countries, and expanded my country's influence in the international community.

2. Five major events in local innovation

1. Innovate mechanisms to create full employment communities.

On the basis of summarizing the pilot experience, various localities have focused on solving the problem of finding employment for zero-employment families and people with employment difficulties, taking the development of community employment as the main line, and adopted a variety of effective measures to comprehensively promote the construction of full-employment communities. . By the end of the year, more than 10,000 communities across the country have taken the lead in reaching provincial and municipal full employment community standards, and the proportion of communities meeting standards in some areas has reached 50% of the total number of communities.

Dong Keyong: A harmonious community is the foundation of a harmonious society, and full employment in the community is the basic guarantee for building a harmonious community.

Tian Xiaobao: Innovate the employment mechanism in the practice of creating full employment communities, and explore and accumulate experience that can be promoted in order to achieve the goal of more full employment.