China's State Council issued a circular recently ordering all
localities and departments to further expand employment and do the
reemployment work well for those laid-off workers.
"It is imperative to give more priorities to expanding
employment in economic and social development," says the
circular.
According to the circular, the government will implement
preferential policies to help jobless people find jobs and
encourage businesses to create more job opportunities.
After laid-off workers get new jobs, they will enjoy exemption
of certain taxes for a maximum period of three years, according to
the circular.
The government will provide better employment services and
promote vocational training, including granting one-off subsidies
for vocational training to job hunters.
The circular says the government will establish a pre-warning
mechanism to monitor the unemployment situation and adopt
comprehensive measures to adjust the situation and ease various
ensuing contradictions.
The government will also further improve the social security
system. From 2006, newly laid-off workers shall find reemployment
through labor markets. During their jobless periods, urban
residents will enjoy unemployment insurance and guarantee their
basic living in line with relevant policies and regulations.
(Xinhua News Agency November 9, 2005)