The total scale of employment for the poverty-stricken population reached 33.079 million

Statistics show that as of the end of October, the total scale of employment for poverty-stricken people in China has reached 33.079 million, exceeding the annual target of 2.888 million, an increase of 97000 compared to the same period in 2023. Since the beginning of this year, efforts have been continuously intensified to prevent poverty from returning to employment, and the effectiveness of assistance has continued to improve

The theme of this year's No. 1 central document is to learn and apply the experience of "thousands of villages demonstrating and thousands of villages renovating" to effectively promote the overall revitalization of villages. At the "Promoting High Quality Development" series of themed press conferences held in July, Han Jun, Secretary of the Party Group and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, introduced that the key tasks of comprehensive rural revitalization have been solidly promoted, the achievements of poverty alleviation have been continuously consolidated and expanded, the level of rural industrial development, rural construction, and rural governance has steadily improved, and the overall situation of agriculture, rural areas, and farmers continues to show a good trend of stability, improvement, and quality enhancement

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs stated that all regions should firmly anchor the target tasks issued, deeply tap into the potential, and fully utilize the role of employment assistance workshops, rural public welfare positions, and channels such as work for relief to absorb employment. In May 2024, the total scale of employment for poverty-stricken population in China and the scale of each province reached the target task, one month ahead of 2023. In October 2024, 61.4% of the poverty-stricken population with labor capacity in China achieved employment, with an employment rate that increased by 2.9 percentage points from the end of 2020 and 0.7 percentage points from the same period last year

How to further improve the effectiveness of industrial and employment assistance? The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has proposed to strengthen the guidance of industry classification for assistance, consolidate, upgrade, revitalize, and adjust a batch of industries, and promote the improvement of industry quality, efficiency, and sustainable development

The person in charge introduced that since the beginning of this year, the focus has been on key counties for national rural revitalization assistance and relocation areas for poverty alleviation. Through in-depth activities such as the Labor Cooperation Quality Improvement Action and the "Spring Breeze Action", "point-to-point" transportation has been carried out to continuously improve the organization level of migrant workers

Data shows that by the end of October 2024, the scale of employment for poverty-stricken people in 160 key counties supported by national rural revitalization will reach 6.718 million, and 4.083 million people will be employed for poverty alleviation through relocation nationwide

In addition, by actively responding to the dual pressure of insufficient job supply and intensified employment competition for college graduates, we have launched the "Rain and Dew Plan" employment assistance public welfare action and the "Hundred Days, Ten Million" recruitment special action, with over 1.5 million people participating in online recruitment activities. The overall employment rate of 650000 "Rain and Dew Plan" students graduating in 2024 has reached 90%

The key to rural revitalization lies in people. Talent revitalization is the foundation of rural revitalization, and strengthening talent support for rural revitalization is an essential part of promoting comprehensive rural revitalization. Continuously increasing the cultivation of characteristic labor service brands in poverty-stricken areas, promoting the improvement of labor service brand awareness, reputation, and influence. "The person in charge introduced that currently, more than 130000 rural craftsmen have been cultivated nationwide, driving more than 4.6 million rural laborers to start businesses and find employment

Since the transition period, the scale of employment for the poverty-stricken population in China has remained stable at over 30 million for four consecutive years, and the goal of stabilizing employment for the poverty-stricken population has been achieved with high quality. This has played an important role in consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation and effectively connecting them with rural revitalization, and maintaining the bottom line of preventing large-scale poverty relapse The person in charge said