Jobs for graduates come first
As Premier Wen Jiabao said “your difficulties are my difficulties, and if you are worried then I am more worried than you”, college graduates’ employment become the first in the government’s agenda.
Students in the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Aerospace’s library greeted Wen cheerfully who visited the university in surprise with the good news.
The news that government is going to help 6.5 million graduates find jobs next year renerved many job hunters amid global recession.
Based on the report of a Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, a quarter of China’s college graduates would have difficulty finding a job next year.
But Wen has promised that the government is putting the problem of graduates’ employment on top of their agenda.
The two issues created by financial crisis the government is worried about most are migrant workers returning home and jobs for graduates.
The government will try to create 9 million jobs for the 6.5 million students expected to graduate next year, based on an 8 percent GDP growth, Wen said.
The government will work on a policy package to stimulate major scientific research projects and large enterprises to create jobs for graduates, he said.
Some graduates will be encouraged to work for research programs in their universities, too, and relevant ministries asked to make the procedure smooth, he said.
The State Council has issued a directive asking companies to avoid large-scale lay-offs and solve any labour disputes, especially those over pay, on a priority basis.
The directive also said that companies that down shutters or go bankrupt must strictly follow the law and owners who unnecessarily hold back wages or run off without paying workers will be firmly dealt with.
Before visiting the university, Wen and former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda joined 2,008 youths from China and Japan at the university gym for the closing ceremony of the China-Japan Youth Friendly Exchange Year.
Wen and Fukuda had decided to hold the program when they met in Singapore last year.
Wen gave high comments of the activity during his half-hour meeting with Fukuda before the closing ceremony.
Under the programme, there were more than 12,000 youth from two sides visiting each other’s country after President Hu Jintao launched it in Beijing in March.
The programme, which coincided with the 30th anniversary of the signing of the China-Japan Peace and Friendship Treaty, makes “the exchange all the more significant”, Wen said.
The 1,000-member Japanese delegation visiting to China for a week is the finale to the programme.
The programme will continue for the next three years, with 4,000 people exchanging visits each year.
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