Vice Premier Huang Ju congratulated the Ministry of Labor
and Social Security (MLSS) and two other organizations Monday on
the launch of a week-long nationwide program to inspire private
businesses to employ workers laid off from state-owned firms.
Huang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political
Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said in his message
that the central government attached great importance to employment
projects.
The launch of the private firms job fair would provide
opportunities for skilled workers, vocational and technical
graduates, laid-off and migrant workers, Huang said.
Huang said in his message to the MLSS and the two other
organizations that he hoped labor and social security departments,
labor unions and federations of industry and commerce would conduct
a successful job fair to boost reemployment and the building of a
harmonious society in China.
The private business job fair is a non-profit fair organized by
the MLSS, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and All-China
Federation of Industry and Commerce, which aims to provide workers
for private business and job opportunities for laborers.
This year's private business employment week is to hold job
fairs in communities, districts, counties and municipalities in 100
major cities around China.
This year, the government has allocated 185.98 billion yuan
(US$23 billion), an increase of 23.6 billion yuan (about US$2.95
billion) over last year, to keep increasing employment and
improving social security.
A similar program was held in 2005, which helped approximately
200,000 people find jobs.
(Xinhua News Agency April 11, 2006)