The Chinese ministries of finance, and human resources and social security recently finished picking out the 2024 national demonstration programs on improvements of public employment service capacity. After competitive appraisals and public disclosures, 20 cities including Qingdao stood out.

To grow new productive forces and prioritize developing the “Jiuxiangjia” public employment service brand, Qingdao will take opportunities presented by its inclusion into the national demonstration program to launch three campaigns, namely, “technological empowerment for Qingdao”, “consolidating foundations for improving performance” and “beneficial application of intelligent digital technology”, and carry out 14 improvement initiatives. The moves are intended to build a whole-process, well-coordinated, convenient and high-efficiency public employment service system that covers all residents in the city so that high-quality full employment can be achieved to improve people’s wellbeing, sustain industrial development and facilitate higher-quality social and economic development.  (Fu Jun)