Chinese-style modernization prioritizes people's livelihood. Employment is the most fundamental aspect of people's livelihood, connecting the people's livelihood to the economic pulse, linking the family to the nation, and is an important economic issue as well as a significant political issue.

Employment is closely related to the vital interests of the people. Employment is the foundation of people's livelihood and the source of wealth. It is a crucial means for millions of workers to obtain income, and it is directly linked to the survival and development of every worker. Promoting high-quality and full employment, achieving more abundant employment opportunities, a more rational employment structure, a fairer employment environment, continuously enhanced employment capabilities, and steadily improved employment security, will help increase residents' income, narrow the income distribution gap, expand the size of the middle-income group, and lay a solid foundation for achieving common prosperity for all people.

Employment is crucial for the healthy development of the economy and society. Employment is the foundation of development, connecting social demand with supply, linking production, exchange, distribution, and consumption, and serving as the basic support for economic operation and the stabilizer for social functioning. Promoting high-quality and full employment can effectively optimize the structure of human resources, support the development of the real economy, and enhance total factor productivity, thereby providing continuous momentum for the high-quality development of the economy and society.

Employment is crucial for the long-term stability and security of the nation. It serves as the foundation of harmony, closely linked to the well-being of every household. When workers participate, contribute, and benefit equally in employment, achieving a proper match between people and positions, utilizing individual strengths, and maximizing potential, social harmony is solidified. Promoting high-quality and full employment, continuously enhancing the quality and reasonably increasing the quantity of employment, ensures that everyone has the opportunity to develop through diligent labor, integrate into society, and enjoy a high-quality life, thereby effectively safeguarding social stability and long-term security.

Our Party has always attached great importance to employment work. From its inception, it has regarded the struggle for labor and employment rights for the exploited and oppressed masses as its goal. In the Central Soviet Area and revolutionary bases, it implemented policies such as social insurance and mutual benefit between labor and capital. During the period of socialist revolution and construction, it actively carried out unemployment registration, employment introduction, vigorously developed technical education, extensively conducted skill training, comprehensively established a labor insurance system, expanded employment in the context of large-scale economic construction, built a vast workforce, and enabled the people to live and work in peace and contentment. After the reform and opening up, it actively promoted the reform of the labor employment and social security systems, facilitated the employment of a large number of newly grown labor forces and the transfer of agricultural labor to non-agricultural sectors, and gradually established a social security system jointly funded by the state, enterprises, and individuals.

In the new era, China's urban areas have seen an annual increase of millions in new jobs, with the urban surveyed unemployment rate remaining at a low level. In a developing country with over a billion people, relatively full employment has been achieved, providing significant support for the improvement of people's livelihoods and economic development. The number of urban employees increased from . billion in year to . billion in year. A total of million urban unemployed individuals have been reemployed, and more than million individuals facing employment difficulties have found jobs. In year, the per capita disposable income of national residents was yuan, an increase of yuan compared to year. The people's jobs have become more stable, labor income has grown steadily, and the standard of living for the people has continuously improved.

On the Basic Connotations of Promoting High-Quality and Full Employment. At the macro level, high-quality and full employment mainly includes sufficient employment opportunities, fair employment environment, optimized employment structure, efficient matching of jobs and talents, and harmonious labor relations; at the micro level, high-quality and full employment is mainly manifested in that workers not only have jobs, but also stable work, reasonable income, reliable security, and occupational safety.

Principles to be Adhered to for Promoting High-Quality and Full Employment. High-quality and full employment is a high standard and a gradual process. It requires us to do our best while considering our capabilities; it is essential to fully mobilize the enthusiasm, initiative, and creativity of the people, guiding everyone to create a happy life through hard work and not to expect unearned gains or to enjoy without effort.

General Requirements for Promoting High-Quality and Full Employment. Adhere to the people-centered development philosophy, fully implement the principles of workers' autonomous employment, market regulation of employment, government promotion of employment, and encouragement of entrepreneurship. Use the promotion of high-quality development as the foundation, implement a job-first strategy as the guide, strengthen employment-first policies as the抓手, and deepen reforms of employment systems and mechanisms as the driving force. Continuously enhance the effective improvement of employment quality and the reasonable growth of employment quantity, and constantly increase the sense of gain, happiness, and security among the broad masses of workers. Provide strong support for comprehensively advancing the construction of a powerful nation and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-style modernization.