Regulations of Chongqing Municipality on Promoting Employment

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to promote employment, coordinate economic development with employment expansion, and promote social harmony and stability, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Employment Promotion Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) and in light of the actual situation of this Municipality. Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to employment promotion and related service management activities within the administrative area of this Municipality. Article 3 This Municipality places the expansion of employment in a prominent position in economic and social development, implements a proactive employment policy, adheres to the policy of workers choosing their own jobs, regulating employment by the market, and promoting employment by the government, promotes employment through entrepreneurship, and expands employment through multiple channels. Article 4 Laborers shall enjoy equal employment and the right to choose their own jobs according to law.

Advocate workers to establish a correct concept of choosing a job, improve their own quality, and enhance their employability and entrepreneurial ability. Article 5 The employing unit has the right to choose its own employees according to law.

The employing unit shall provide fair employment opportunities and protect the legitimate rights and interests of workers. Article 6 The people's governments of cities, districts and counties (autonomous counties) shall incorporate the expansion of employment into their national economic and social development plans, and formulate medium-and long-term plans and annual work plans for promoting employment.

The people's governments of cities, districts and counties (autonomous counties) shall establish a unified coordination mechanism for overall planning of urban and rural employment, establish corresponding coordination mechanisms, clarify the work responsibilities of each member unit, implement the target responsibility assessment system for promoting employment, and coordinate and solve major problems in promoting employment within their respective administrative areas.

The people's governments of cities, counties (autonomous counties) and relevant departments shall commend and reward the units and individuals that have made remarkable achievements in promoting employment. Article 7 The administrative departments of human resources and social security shall be specifically responsible for employment promotion within their respective administrative areas, and public employment service agencies shall engage in employment promotion services.

City, county (Autonomous County) development and reform, finance, education, agriculture, immigration, land and housing management, construction, industry and commerce, civil affairs, poverty alleviation, taxation and other departments shall, according to their respective responsibilities, do a good job in promoting employment. Article 8 Trade unions, communist youth leagues, women's federations, disabled federations, industrial and commercial federations and other social organizations shall assist the people's governments in promoting employment. Chapter II Policy Support Article 9 Enterprises are encouraged to set up industries or expand their operations according to law, so as to increase employment.

The people's governments of cities, districts and counties (autonomous counties) and their relevant departments shall give full play to the role of investment and major construction projects in promoting employment and increasing employment when arranging government investment and determining major construction projects.

When investors in production and operation projects that need government approval or approval apply for project establishment, the project application report shall include the contents of employment forecast after the completion of the project. After the project is approved, the project investor shall file the employment forecast with the administrative department of human resources and social security of the county (autonomous county) where the investment project is located. Article 10 Small enterprises or partnership organizations that employ registered unemployed persons in cities and towns, demobilized veterans and rural labor force in this Municipality to reach the specified proportion, sign labor contracts with them for more than one year and pay social insurance premiums may apply for small secured loans from relevant financial institutions through public employment service institutions in counties (autonomous counties), and the finance will give them a discount.

If key enterprises for employment absorb a specified number of people for employment, sign labor contracts with a term of 1 year or more, pay social insurance premiums, obtain loans from financial institutions, and pay interest on schedule, they will be subsidized by the finance.

The key enterprises and specific objects mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be determined by the Municipal People's Government. Eleventh city, county (Autonomous County) people's government to implement a fiscal policy that is conducive to expanding employment, arrange special funds for employment in the fiscal budget at the same level, and promote employment. Special funds for employment are used in the following aspects:

(a) occupation introduction, occupation training, social insurance, job subsidies, occupation skill appraisal, minimum living security personnel employment subsidies and specific employment policy subsidies;

(two) directional employment training and employment internship subsidies for college graduates;

(3) Small loan guarantee funds and small secured loans, subsidies and recovery incentives for small secured loans, and interest subsidies for employment of key enterprises;

(four) support the human resources market and other public employment services;

(five) other employment promotion funds stipulated by the state and the Municipal People's government.

With the approval of the Municipal People's Government, the scope of use of special funds for employment may be appropriately adjusted.

Special funds for employment shall be earmarked for special purposes, and no unit or individual may intercept, occupy or misappropriate them. The auditing and financial departments shall supervise and inspect the use and management of special funds for employment according to law. Article 12 The people's governments of cities, districts and counties (autonomous counties) shall make overall arrangements for special funds for civil affairs, immigration, land, poverty alleviation, the disabled and other related employment promotion, so as to promote the employment of minimum living security personnel, immigrants in the Three Gorges reservoir area, landless farmers and the disabled. Thirteenth of the following units and personnel who meet the preferential tax policies or exempt from administrative fees, the relevant departments of the people's governments of cities, districts and counties (autonomous counties) shall give preferential tax or exempt from administrative fees:

(a) registered unemployed enterprises that meet the prescribed conditions;

(two) small and medium-sized enterprises founded by registered unemployed people, immigrants from the Three Gorges reservoir area and rural workers;

(3) Enterprises that place disabled persons or concentrate on using disabled persons according to the prescribed proportion;

(four) registered unemployed persons engaged in self-employment, disabled persons, demobilized veterans, college graduates who have not been employed for two years after graduation, immigrants from the Three Gorges reservoir area, and migrant workers;

(five) other employers and personnel given preferential tax by the state and the Municipal People's government.