Guiding Opinions of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance on Promoting All-round Public Employment Services

Guiding Opinions of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance on Promoting All-round Public Employment Services
Guiding Opinions of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance on Promoting All-round Public Employment Services

Ren She Bu Fa [2018] No.77

December 5, 2018

Human resources and social security departments (bureaus), development and reform commissions and finance departments (bureaus) of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps,

It was definitely proposed at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China that employment is the greatest people's livelihood, and we should persist in employment priority strategies and active employment policies, and provide all-round public employment services. The promotion of the all-round public employment services is an important measure for employment and entrepreneurship, and is favorable for guaranteeing and improving people's livelihood, boosting high-quality economic development and propelling social harmony and stability. With the aim of better serving the stability of employment and impelling higher-quality and fuller employment, the following opinions are hereby given concerning the promotion of all-round public employment services.

I. General Requirements
1. Guiding thoughts.
Be guided by Xi Jinping's socialist thoughts with Chinese characteristics in the new era, comprehensively carry out spirits of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second and Third Plenary Sessions of the 19th Central Committee, insist on the development philosophy of centering on people, firmly set up new development philosophies, persist in reform and innovation, improve the public employment service system with urban and rural coordination, expand the supply of services, innovate operation mechanism, provide an all-round public employment services covering the whole people, going through the full course, radiating all the regions, convenient and efficient, promote employment growth by all-round public employment services, and support economic development and the improvement of people's livelihood by employment growth.
2. Basic principles.
Be oriented by people, and guarantee foundations. Keep a foothold on basic national conditions, focus on the solution of the benefit problem which the masses are most concerned about and are the most direct and realistic, and boost the employment and entrepreneurship of laborers. Insist on making best efforts and doing according to abilities, and give priority to guaranteeing basic public employment services.
Plan urban and rural development as a whole, and promote equality. Speed up the building of institutional integration between urban and rural areas and among different regions, intensify the inclination of public resources to villages, poverty-stricken areas and key groups, and guarantee the equal availability to basic public employment services for different types of service objects.
Governments play a dominant role, and different parties take part. Grasp the public welfare attributes of public employment services, give play to the role of market mechanism, perfect the work mechanism combining governments and society, administration and services as well as unification and hierarchical classification, and form a joint force to push forward the all-round public employment services.
Reform and innovate, and enhance quality and efficiency. Deeply advance the reform of "streamlining administration, delegating powers and strengthening regulation, and improving services", innovate in service philosophies, optimize service processes, strengthen performance appraisal, and comprehensively enhance the quality and efficiency of public employment services and people's satisfaction.

II. Define the Scope of Public Employment Services Covering the Whole People
3. Boost the full coverage of public employment services for urban and rural permanent residents. Urban and rural laborers within the range of working-age, labor ability and employment requirement may hold resident identity cards (or social security cards), and persons from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan may hold the Residence Permit for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Residents (or the Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents or the Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents), to apply for public employment services at the public employment service agency at the place of residence thereof.
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