Chinese Premier Wen
Jiabao said in Beijing Saturday that the government will take
more substantial, effective measures to score greater achievements
in creating more jobs.
Premier Wen made the remarks at a ceremony honoring individuals
and institutions that have made large contributions to improving
the country's reemployment. He said that people should understand
better still the importance of employment and reemployment and give
the work a more prominent place in economic and social
development.
Moreover, he urged local governments to implement proactive
employment policies and pay special attention to developing
labor-intensive industries and the private sector of the economy,
while carrying out reemployment assistance policies to help
laid-off people find jobs.
Vice Premier Huang Ju also urged local officials to encourage
people to find jobs on their own in the market economy with local
government's assistance.
Emphasis should be placed on the employment of disadvantaged
people in poor regions and in difficult industries, he said, as
well as on the improvement of employment service and occupational
training and employment of college graduates and migrant
workers.
A total of 524 institutions and individuals around the country
were rewarded at the meeting for their eminent performance in
reemployment work.
(Xinhua News Agency September 5, 2004)