China offers support to enterprises and self-employed businesses
Chinese ministries have rolled out a raft of support policies that focus on cutting fees and taxes, as well as provide employment skills training.
Beijing focuses on employment in new policy package
This aims to increase and stabilise employment in key sectors and expand relevant subsidies for college graduates and other key target groups.
Hunan province in China extends maternity leave
Working mothers who have used up their maternity leave can now apply for an extension of more days up until the child is one year old.
China ramps up efforts to boost employment for fresh graduates
Initiatives include a series of pro-employment campaigns to move job interviews online and incentivising firms to increase their employee count.
SMEs in China urged to accelerate digital transformation
Only 25% of companies in China have carried out digital transformation, while the proportion of SMEs that have done so is even smaller.
Shanghai announces subsidies to boost employment
The city is pushing out two measures for alleviating the financial burden on seven key industries seriously affected by the pandemic.
China’s urban employees see average salary grow in 2021
The average salary of China’s urban employees in the non-private sector topped 100,000 yuan (US$14,929) for the first time.
China’s Jiangsu province moves to subsidise maternity leave
Companies in the province would be reimbursed for 50% or 80% of the social insurance paid to women who have a second child or a third child, respectively.
China focuses on creating jobs for disabled workers
Central departments are also looking towards alleviating job market discrimination for people with disabilities.
China aims to improve employment for disabled workers
Jobs will be created for the disabled at government departments, public institutions, state-owned enterprises and private businesses.
People at work 2022: A workforce view in Asia Pacific
In a recent episode of HRM TV, Nela Richardson, ADP’s Chief Economist, shared key workforce trends from countries in the APAC region.
China focuses on job creation to help cushion economy
The country’s surveyed urban unemployment rate stood at 5.5% in Q1’2022, up 0.1 percentage points year-on-year, according to official data.
China launches private pension scheme
China has launched the first private pension scheme in the country, paving the way for workers to invest and supplement funds in their pension accounts.
China launches campaign to limit overtime work
To protect workers’ rights to adequate rest, the authorities are clamping down on employers who make their staff clock excessive overtime.
China targets to create 13 million jobs this year
“Pro-job policies”, including tax and fee cuts totaling US$400 billion for businesses, especially small entrepreneurs, are planned.
China continues to prioritise stability of its labour market
The central government aims to create more than 11 million new jobs in urban areas this year and to keep the unemployment rate in urban areas under 5.5%.
Employment of disabled workers increases in China
Some 8.62 million people with disabilities, including the self-employed and flexible workers, were employed in 2020, up from 8.55 million in 2019.
Retirement age to be progressively raised in China
Jiangsu will be the country’s first province to allow workers to postpone retirement next month in a bid to decrease social welfare spending.
China to launch policies supporting SMEs
To help SMEs tide over the pandemic, the government will implement more supportive policies to help SMEs operationally and financially.
China offers support to 10.76 million graduates entering workforce
China is offering special help to young entrepreneurs and providing a range of incentives to encourage small companies to employ fresh graduates.
China’s unemployment rate fell in 2021 as more jobs created
Certain sectors, such as wholesale and retail, saw more employment, which contributed to the overall employment stability.
China could create 88 million jobs by 2030 through green efforts
One of the transitions identified by the World Economic Forum is eco-tourism, which is projected to create some US$53 billion of additional revenue.
China implements greater tax cuts and extends support for businesses
The government will also be increasing deductions for research and development expenses under businesses’ income tax filings.
China moves to reduce workplace gender discrimination
Under new regulations, employers cannot ask female job applicants if they intend to get married or pregnant, or to make them take pregnancy tests.
China aims for one million innovative SMEs by 2025
It also aims to cultivate 10,000 “little giant” firms, or smaller businesses still in their early stage of development that focus on high-end technologies.
China’s urban areas saw 12.07 million jobs created
A total of 12.07 million new jobs were created in urban areas across China from January to November this year, outperforming the 11.00 million target set.
China’s government bodies to pay SMEs on time
Government entities purchasing goods, projects and services from SMEs should make payments between 30 and 60 days upon completion of the order.
China increases maternity leave to encourage births
Several regions in China have extended maternity leave by at least 30 days, in the latest effort to address record-low birth rates in the country.
China’s Sichuan province takes tough stance on overtime work
Sichuan province conducted a week-long inspection on overtime work and takes “zero tolerance” towards employers who breach labour laws.
China created 11.33 million jobs in urban areas in first ten months of 2021
China’s surveyed urban unemployment rate averaged 5.1% from January to October this year, as more young people gained employment.