marine-sector employment<\/a> issued on Tuesday.<\/p>\nThe measures come as employment prospects for two of China\u2019s core labour groups \u2013 university graduates and migrant workers \u2013 come under increasing pressure after declines in investment and retail sales last month. Employment, one of the most telling indicators of overall economic health, has long been a politically sensitive issue for Beijing because of its link to social stability.<\/p>\n
\u201cOverall, the measures are comprehensive,\u201d said Nie Riming, deputy director of the Shanghai Institute of Finance and Law. \u201cBut employment is ultimately a growth issue.\u201d<\/p>\n
The plan released on Wednesday set out nine priority areas, including aligning macroeconomic policy with employment goals, stabilising employment in labour-intensive industries, expanding the service sector\u2019s capacity to absorb workers and creating new opportunities in emerging sectors.<\/p>\n
It also addressed the role of artificial intelligence in the labour market, with measures to develop new AI-related jobs, broaden opportunities in traditional industries through the adoption of AI, and strengthen training and career-transition support for workers.<\/p>\n
\u201cEmployment for highly educated young people and for middle-aged workers with low education levels are the two most pressing challenges facing China\u2019s labour market,\u201d Nie said. About 70 per cent of unemployed young people are university graduates, while laid-off workers in their 50s with limited education often face prolonged periods of joblessness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a fresh push to bolster job prospects, China has unveiled plans to harness AI for job creation…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77988,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,2815,25,42586,387,42580,42588,42584,42587,42590,42589,42591,42581,42583,42582,42585],"class_list":["post-77987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ai","tag-ai","tag-ai-plus","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-cai-fang","tag-china","tag-chinese-academy-of-social-sciences","tag-employment-first-strategy","tag-marine-sector","tag-migrant-workers","tag-ministry-of-human-resources-and-social-security","tag-nie-riming","tag-private-firms","tag-shanghai-institute-of-finance-and-law","tag-state-council","tag-university-graduates","tag-youth-unemployment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}