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Updated · Caixin Global · Jun 8
China's State Council Approves 15th Five-Year Employment Plan
Updated
Updated · Caixin Global · Jun 8

China's State Council Approves 15th Five-Year Employment Plan

3 articles · Updated · Caixin Global · Jun 8

Summary

  • Premier Li Qiang chaired a State Council executive meeting Friday that approved the 15th Five-Year Plan to implement an employment-first strategy after reviewing current employment work.
  • The plan puts jobs at the center of policy planning, making employment the main organizing principle of the next five-year period.
  • The same meeting also discussed advancing new industrialization and developing future industries, linking job creation to broader economic upgrading.
  • The approval signals Beijing is using its next five-year policy framework to support labor-market stability while steering growth toward new sectors.

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