CHINA STATE PLANNER and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said the Implementation of the Employment‑First Strategy (15th Five‑Year Plan) sets nine priority tasks, led by an employment‑first macro orientation and stronger macro‑policy coordination to support jobs. The plan mandates actions to stabilise and expand employment and improve job quality, including adapting to AI to promote employment and entrepreneurship, coordinating industry and employment, stabilising employment in

CHINA STATE PLANNER and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said the Implementation of the Employment‑First Strategy (15th Five‑Year Plan) sets nine priority tasks, led by an employment‑first macro orientation and stronger macro‑policy coordination to support jobs. The plan mandates actions to stabilise and expand employment and improve job quality, including adapting to AI to promote employment and entrepreneurship, coordinating industry and employment, stabilising employment in labor‑intensive sectors, expanding service‑sector employment capacity, and tapping emerging fields’ job‑absorption potential. It also calls for strengthened worker protections, an improved labour‑standards framework and labour‑relations consultation mechanisms, and guarantees of equal employment rights.