Comment 1 1: How to explain "delivering food does not enter the factory"

Only when young people feel that it is a decent thing to work in factories as workers, especially skilled workers, can the problem of labor shortage in the manufacturing industry be fundamentally solved.

"It is recommended to encourage young people to deliver less food and go to factories more." On March 5, this suggestion by Zhang Xinghai, a representative of the National People's Congress and chairman of Xiaokang Group, became a hot search topic. He said that in recent years, food delivery, e-commerce, online live streaming, etc. have attracted a large number of young people to find employment. Many young people are unwilling to go to factories, leading to an increasingly prominent phenomenon of hollowing out of industrial workers. He suggested that the government, society, enterprises and other parties should work together to encourage and support young people to become industrial workers and alleviate the difficulty of recruiting workers in the manufacturing industry.

A 2021 National Bureau of Statistics survey of more than 90,000 industrial enterprises above designated size showed that about 44% of enterprises reported that difficulty in recruiting workers was the biggest problem they faced, and this proportion was also a new high in recent years. Not long ago, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security released the 100 most unemployed occupations in the country, 43 of which belong to "manufacturing." Most of these companies believe that the reason for this problem is that young people have a relatively low willingness to enter factories.

Guangming Daily: The food delivery industry has advantages that traditional manufacturing cannot match.

Should I enter a factory or deliver food? This shouldn't be a problem. Of course, young people have the right to freely choose their profession. Whether they are working in a factory or delivering food, they are using their own hands to create labor value, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior. No matter what an individual's choice is, it should be understood and respected by the public. Why do many young people prefer to deliver food instead of entering a factory? In fact, it is not a common phenomenon for the express delivery industry to be "involved" and graduate students to compete. In other words, whether food delivery is really more attractive than entering a factory is still a question that needs to be tested and scrutinized. The real question is, how can the food delivery industry impact the employment situation of traditional manufacturing industries? The food delivery industry has an advantage that traditional manufacturing cannot match: there are not many barriers to entry, and the time arrangement is relatively free. If you want to earn more, run more errands; if you don’t have too many requirements, you can stay relaxed. Relatively speaking, the factory's working hours are relatively fixed, and there may be requirements such as night shifts, which seems to be more restrictive for young people.

Workers Daily: Effectively improve the attractiveness of manufacturing industry

Looking back, there has been a problem of "robbing people" between manufacturing and agriculture. After the reform and opening up, as the rural population poured into cities in large numbers, the "post-80s generation" did not want to farm, and the "post-90s generation" did not understand farming. People once worried about "who will farm the land when all young people go to work?" However, with the vigorous development of the construction of new socialist countryside and the beginning of rural revitalization, more and more young people are beginning to return to the countryside, either to join the ecological planting and breeding industry, or to run online stores, open B&Bs, etc., and the road is getting worse. The wider. When young people can find enough value and sense of accomplishment, the attraction and vitality of agriculture will naturally return. Similarly, if we hope that more young people will choose to engage in manufacturing, we need to effectively enhance the attractiveness of manufacturing. Increases in wages, improvements in working conditions, improvements in labor security, and expansion of talent opportunities are all important factors that can effectively enhance the attractiveness of the manufacturing industry. Only when young people feel that it is a decent thing to work in a factory as a worker, especially a skilled worker, can the problem of labor shortage in the manufacturing industry be fundamentally solved.

Guangzhou Daily: To retain people, governments and enterprises must work together

For manufacturing companies, they might as well take this opportunity to think about how to attract young people back . The most immediate solution is undoubtedly to effectively improve the remuneration and service guarantees of workers' positions. This requires joint efforts from government and enterprises. On the one hand, the government should strengthen relevant guidance and support to help improve the overall employment environment in the manufacturing industry. For example, provide enterprises with employment subsidies for new employees. On the other hand, if you want to retain people, the key depends on the company. To this end, in addition to further safeguarding workers' labor rights and interests, we must also adopt practical measures such as "using professional titles to enhance the sense of honor and responsibility, and using benefits to give a sense of gain and belonging."

When the working environment and benefits of manufacturing companies become more attractive, young people will naturally weigh their choices.

Red Star News: The choice of young people is the weather vane

In recent years, emphasis has been placed on vocational education. Good vocational schools have never worried about the employment of graduates, as long as the supply and demand between schools and enterprises With enough matching, suitable people can be found for technical jobs, and graduates can also find suitable positions. In Japan and Germany, which attach great importance to vocational education, the income of blue-collar workers can catch up with or even surpass that of white-collar workers, and their rights and interests such as working hours and labor intensity can be protected. Coupled with stable expectations of income and dignified social evaluation, a virtuous circle can naturally be formed. But to this day, a considerable number of people still believe that vocational schools are places that accept "bad students". Poor study style or failure to learn real skills are still criticized problems in vocational school education. The choice of young people is the weather vane, not the reason. Therefore, the beautiful picture of "striving to become an industrial worker" requires "encouragement and support", and it also requires systemic changes from policy formulation to social concepts.

Beijing News: Forcing traditional manufacturing industries to upgrade

A considerable proportion of factories in my country belong to low-end manufacturing industries. The existence of these low-end manufacturing companies is not conducive to skilled talents. of cultivation. For example, the chaos in the internship of vocational school students in recent years is mainly because some low-end manufacturing companies have found it difficult to recruit workers from the labor market, so they use vocational school students to engage in profit transactions with vocational schools. This seriously affects the quality of vocational education and tarnishes the image of vocational education, which will eventually lead to a vicious cycle of "low-end manufacturing - low-quality vocational education - low-skilled talent training - low-end manufacturing". With the development of artificial intelligence, these low-end manufacturing companies also lack room for further development. As my country enters an aging society, traditional labor-intensive enterprises must promote innovative transformation and enhance their attractiveness. Recruitment competition for talents will force the upgrading of traditional manufacturing industries. Only by improving the remuneration and career fulfillment of skilled talents can factories retain these young people. This is the real problem that needs to be faced squarely behind "less delivery of food and more visits to factories".

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