Xi'an municipal government officials hold a news conference to talk about city's efforts on employment. [Photo/Xi'an municipal government's WeChat public account]
The municipal government of Xi'an, capital city of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, held a news conference on May 25 to talk about its efforts on employment.
In 2020, 153,100 new jobs were created in the city and the registered urban unemployment rate was 3.64 percent.
From January to April this year, the city created 65,400 new jobs in urban areas, a year-on-year increase of 40.65 percent, completing 46.71 percent of the annual target task. The registered urban unemployment rate was 3.46 percent.
As of the end of April this year, the city had issued a total of 5.63 billion yuan ($878.16 million) in stabilization and return-to-work subsidies to 39,000 businesses.
College students seek job opportunities at a jobs fair held in Xi'an. [Photo/Xi'an municipal government's WeChat public account]
The city has continued to increase its financial support, adjust and improve the guarantee loan policy for entrepreneurs, to achieve full coverage of all types of entrepreneurs.
Since 2020, 1.04 billion yuan in guaranteed loans for entrepreneurship has been issued, including 180 million yuan to registered unemployed persons and 200 million yuan to rural surplus labor.
In addition, during the period, 69,914 people have enjoyed the unemployment insurance expansion policy and 62,276 people have been granted unemployment subsidies of 342 million yuan; meanwhile 2,386 migrant workers have also been granted temporary living allowances of 3.14 million yuan.
Moving forwards, Xi'an will continue to implement its employment priority policy and focus on key groups to stabilize employment. It will move to boost the vitality of its small, medium and micro enterprises and try to improve its employment levels further.
It is expected that no less than 140,000 new jobs will be created in urban areas during the current year, while the registered unemployment rate will be controlled within 4.5 percent.