China aims to produce 50m new jobs by 2020
mitment to cutting overcapacity, according to a senior official with the National Development and Reform Commission’s Employment Department, who declined to be named because he is not authorized to speak publicly.
A total of 7.95 million new college graduates and 1 million laid-off workers in industries with overcapacity generated each year “are key challenges” to achieving the goal as new job opportunities are hardly plentiful, according to the official.
An estimated 4.8 million job openings will be created by retirement each year during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-20).
“Although there are no easy answers to filling the gap, there should be hopes in new emerging industries,” said the official, adding that local governments need to help the young adapt to industrial transformation.
A report released by Boston Consulting Group in January shows that by the end of 2035, China’s digital economy will reach about $16 trillion, with a total employment capacity of 415 million, almost double that of 2020.
That means job candidates need to improve specialized skills, with strong capabilities in interpersonal communications, creativity, flexibility and fast learning, the report said.
We will target bodies of water with a transparency of less than 25 centimeters.” Liu Xiaotao, deputy director of the Shanghai Water Authority
River recourse management and protection will be included as a metric for assessing governors at different levels, and anyone whose neglect of duty has severe consequences shall accept responsibility and step down from their position, Bai Tinghui, director of the Shanghai Water Authority, said during a news briefing on Monday.
“Signs displaying who is responsible for rivers, including their work phone numbers, will be erected beside each river, while hotline numbers for social supervision will also be included,” Bai said.
He added that the entire namelist of river chiefs for every single body of water, including small ponds and lakes in parks and residential communities, within the municipality will be published before the end of this year.
Shanghai’s goals for water treatment and environmental protection include eliminating all dirty and odorous small bodies of water by the end of this year.
“We will target bodies of water with a transparency of less than 25 centimeters; those which are odorous; and those which we receive repeated complaints about from the public,” said Liu Xiaotao, deputy director of the Shanghai Water Authority.
Bai added that suburban areas now face more severe problems of polluted water.
“The key approaches to tackling the problem include demolishing illegal constructions along rivers and tightening surveillance of waste discharge from industrial enterprises, livestock and poultry farms, and restaurants on the banks of rivers,” he said.