Key meeting lays out long-term plan for economic work

Employment

Stabilizing employment should be considered from a strategic and overall perspective, and the scale of the middle-income group should be expanded.

The importance of stabilizing employment and need for strengthened efforts in stabilizing employment policies was shown by the conclusions drawn at the meeting, said Zhang Chenggang, associate professor at Capital University of Economics and Business' School of Labor Economics.

With implementation of the planned measures, the employment situation is expected to maintain stability in the second half of the year, Zhang added.

The government will take more active measures to further strengthen the priority of employment, such as increasing support for the platform economy and the innovative development of small and medium-sized enterprises, strengthening vocational training and employment services to stabilize the economy and promote employment, said Zhu Keli, founding director of the China Institute of New Economy.