Disabled people enjoy better job prospects

Disabled people have benefited from a fairer Chinese job market in recent years, with more highquality employment opportunities, according to a blue book released on March 1.

Produced by the China Commission on Promotion of Publicity for the Undertakings of Chinese Disabled Persons, Social Sciences Academic Press, and Renmin University of China, it said about 8.62 million people with disabilities had jobs in 2020, up from 8.55 million in 2019.

Among them, around 634,000 ran their own businesses and nearly 2.4 million were in flexible employment. Many found jobs after attending work-skills training programs.

The report said about 382,000 people with disabilities received such training in 2020, with 621 getting professional certification as blind masseurs.