Li Qiang presides over State Council executive meeting.

On June 5th, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council presided over an executive meeting of the State Council. The meeting heard reports on employment efforts, reviewed and approved the “Fifteenth Five-Year Plan for Implementing the Employment Priority Strategy,” studied work related to advancing new industrialization, examined work on developing future industries, and reviewed and approved the “Regulations on Promoting Employment and Entrepreneurship for Retired Military Personnel (Draft).”

The meeting pointed out that employment is the foundation of people’s livelihoods. Guided by the implementation of the employment priority strategy, it is necessary to fully implement the policy of workers’ autonomous employment, market-regulated employment, government-promoted employment, and encouragement of entrepreneurship. Industrial and employment coordination should be strengthened, and continuous efforts should be made to expand employment capacity and improve quality, striving to achieve high-quality and full employment. Employment promotion mechanisms should be improved, the employment and entrepreneurship service system should be refined, channels for youth such as college graduates to find jobs and develop careers should be expanded, support for key groups’ employment should be increased, the healthy development of flexible employment and new forms of employment should be promoted, and workers’ employment rights and interests should be protected. It is necessary to accelerate the cultivation and expansion of modern human resources, improve the match between educational supply and talent demand, carry out large-scale vocational skills training, and continuously enhance workers’ knowledge and skills.

The meeting pointed out that advancing new industrialization is a long-term strategic task. It is necessary to grasp the trends of the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation, adhere to the directions of intelligence, green development, and integration, and coordinate the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, the growth and expansion of emerging industries, and the forward-looking layout of future industries. With the development of a new generation of intelligent manufacturing as the main direction, efforts should be intensified to implement the industrial foundation reengineering project and the high-quality development action for key manufacturing industry chains, accelerate breakthroughs in key core technologies, enhance the capacity to guarantee energy and resources, and improve the resilience and security level of industrial chains. It is necessary to expand high-level opening-up and cooperation, implement the catalog of industries encouraging foreign investment, and guide foreign investment to more advanced manufacturing and productive service industries.

The meeting pointed out that based on the characteristics of future industries, forward-looking layout should be further strengthened, efforts to promote them should be intensified, and the initiative in development should be firmly grasped. It is necessary to solidify the technological foundation, continuously increase investment in basic research, and systematically arrange original and disruptive technological breakthroughs. Attention should be paid to ecosystem construction, promoting deep integration of industry, academia, research, and application, encouraging close cooperation between upstream and downstream in the industrial chain, and cultivating more startups and unicorn enterprises in key tracks. Support policies should be improved, leveraging the guiding role of government investment funds and establishing mechanisms for investment growth and risk sharing. It is necessary to guide scientific and rational layout, improve regulatory governance, and prevent rushing into things and blindly following trends.

The meeting pointed out that it is necessary to combine universal benefits with special treatment, adopt a method combining government promotion, market guidance, and social support, and encourage and support retired military personnel in employment and entrepreneurship. Guidance and services should be strengthened, and support should be provided in areas such as educational funding, recruitment, and skills training, forming a joint force to promote the employment and entrepreneurship of retired military personnel.

The meeting also studied other matters.