Promote high-quality full employment and promote high-quality population development -- Interview with the heads of relevant departments and bureaus of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security

2023-06-29

The first meeting of the 20th Central Finance and Economics Committee held recently emphasized that "focus on improving the overall quality of the population", "strengthen the development and utilization of human resources, stabilize the labor participation rate, and improve the efficiency of human resource utilization" and "accelerate the development of multi-level, Multi-pillar pension insurance system". Around the relevant deployment requirements of the meeting, the reporter interviewed the heads of relevant departments and bureaus of the Ministry of human resources and social security.

Question 1: How to correctly view the new situation of China's population development?

The relevant person in charge of the Employment Promotion Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said that at present and in the coming period, China's basic national conditions of large population base and large population have not changed, and it is still a developing country with a large population and labor force. At the end of 2022, my country's total working-age population is about 0.88 billion, the labor participation rate is relatively high in the world, and labor resources are still abundant.

From a structural point of view, the number of older laborers has decreased, while the number of young laborers has steadily increased. From the perspective of quality, the quality of the population has steadily improved. In 2022, the average number of years of education for the working-age population aged 16 to 59 will reach 10.9 years. Our demographic dividend has not disappeared, and a new talent dividend is taking shape.

Question 2: How to stabilize the labor participation rate and improve the utilization rate of human resources?

The above-mentioned person in charge said that promoting employment is an important means to strengthen the development and utilization of human resources and stabilize the labor participation rate. The next step will be in accordance with the requirements of the meeting, strengthen employment priority, adhere to the supply and demand force, promote workers to settle their jobs, enjoy their careers, with high-quality full employment to help high-quality development.

One is to strengthen priority policies to expand employment capacity. We will improve the macro-control mechanism that gives priority to employment objectives, and promote the coordinated linkage of fiscal, financial, industrial and regional policies with employment policies. Broaden the space for high-quality employment, increase coordination between major strategies and employment layout, and support the development of industries, industries and enterprises with strong employability.

The second is to strengthen the focus on ensuring a stable labor supply. Stabilize the level of women's employment, build a long-term mechanism to promote women's employment, and protect the equal employment rights of female workers. Promote youth employment, do everything possible to expand employment positions, and support college graduates and other young people to display their talents and make contributions. We will strengthen employment assistance for older workers and secure the bottom line of people's livelihood.

Third is to strengthen service supply and promote market supply and demand matching. Improve the balance and accessibility of public services, promote equal access to basic education, medical care, pension, housing and other public services for workers in their permanent residence and employment, help workers stabilize employment, and guide more workers to create value in their hard work.

Question 3: How to speed up the creation of modern human resources with good quality, abundant aggregate, optimized structure and reasonable distribution?

The relevant person in charge of the Department of Vocational Capacity Building of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said that strengthening vocational skills training is an important way to improve the structure of the workforce and enhance the quality of human resources. We must deepen the structural reform of the supply side of human resources, increase the investment of social human capital, and build an army of knowledge-based, skilled and innovative workers.

To adapt to the needs of high-quality development and the employment needs of workers, we will promote the establishment of a linkage mechanism between employment and enrollment plans, personnel training, funding allocation, institution setting, and professional adjustment. Accelerate the development of modern vocational education, encourage and support the characteristic development of technical education, promote school-enterprise cooperation, work-study integration, and strengthen vocational quality training and skill training.

Fully implement the lifelong vocational skills training system, so that vocational skills training runs through the whole process of workers from learning to work. In-depth implementation of the "Skills China Action" and the manufacturing skills foundation project, strengthen the training and evaluation of a new generation of skilled talents such as digital skills, and carry out large-scale special training for enterprise employees and key groups.

Fully implement the "new eight-level worker" system, solidly promote the identification of socialized vocational skills, improve the new vocational information release and professional standard development mechanism, improve the vocational skills competition system, improve the treatment of skilled talents, and vigorously promote the spirit of model workers, Labor spirit, craftsman spirit.

Question 4: What are the next steps to accelerate the development of a multi-level and multi-pillar pension insurance system?

The relevant person in charge of the Pension Insurance Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said that efforts will be made to build a pension insurance system that is compatible with the process of socialist modernization from four aspects.

First, we will continue to promote the full protection and enhance the fairness of the system. Deeply implement the universal insurance plan and continuously expand the coverage of old-age insurance. We will improve the insurance policy for flexible employees, and guide and promote more migrant workers and new employees to participate in the old-age insurance for employees. We will implement policies to help people in need, such as paying basic old-age insurance premiums for urban and rural residents.

The second is to improve the national overall planning system and highlight the unity of the system. We will steadily implement the national overall planning of old-age insurance, unify the old-age insurance policy, unify the national fund revenue and expenditure management system, give full play to the mutual aid function of old-age insurance on a larger scale, and better ensure that basic pensions are paid in full and on time.

The third is to develop 2. three-pillar pension insurance and realize the diversity of protection methods. In the next step, it is necessary to study and explore measures to expand the coverage of enterprise annuities, encourage and guide qualified employers to establish annuities, and further improve the supporting policies of personal pensions in the light of the conditions of the leading cities or regions. attract more people to participate and promote it to the whole country in a timely manner.

The fourth is to improve the reasonable adjustment mechanism of treatment and maintain the moderation of the level of protection. According to the price changes, the average wage growth of employees and other factors, the basic pension level of retirees should be appropriately increased. Guide all provinces to improve the basic pension level of local urban and rural residents, so that it will gradually increase with economic and social development.

Five is to improve the fund supervision system, improve the safety of system operation, and protect the people's every cent of pension money and life-saving money.

6 is to strengthen fine management and improve service convenience. We will speed up the construction of a unified national social security public service platform, and promote more social security services to achieve cross-provincial and one-network access. (