Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s speech on “flexible employment” at the closing press conference of the National People’s Congress (NPC) was seen as a slap in the face of Xi Jinping‘s so-called miracle of poverty eradication. Recently, the official media Huaxia Times.com has published an article on employment, making a different statement from Li Keqiang.
In the article, which was published on March 12, the website quoted Xi Jinping’s speech when he attended the Qinghai delegation during the “two sessions”. Xi Jinping said at the Time that the 14th Five-Year Plan and the 2035 Vision, a five-year plan and a 15-year goal, contained the requirements of high-quality development, “high-quality development is not just an economic requirement, but a general requirement for all aspects of economic and social development “.
The article further says: “Employment is not only the first major issue of people’s livelihood, but also the first major issue of development, and high-quality development requires a high quality and high level of employment.”
To achieve a “high level” of employment is completely contrary to Li Keqiang’s proposal of “flexible employment”. The Huaxia Times article is said to have poured cold water on Li Keqiang’s economic policies to curry favor with Xi Jinping.
The netizens have been discussing this dark battle over employment and economy, including those who interpreted Li Keqiang’s “flexible employment” statement, those who sarcastically flattered the official media, and those who lamented the difficulty of finding a job.
“Flexible employment, to put it nicely, is odd jobs with no benefits, and no work at all.”
“The so-called flexible employment simply means unemployed people start their own business, or called unemployed people self-employment. So, when Li Keqiang says there are 200 million people in flexible employment in China, he means that there are at least 200 million unemployed people in the Communist Party of China! And the minimum income of these people is less than 500 yuan per month!”
“What do you mean by flexible employment? Let me translate it for you! It means unemployment! It means the same as being laid off a few years ago! The whole country is out of poverty, why do you still describe it so nicely?”
“He said 200 million people are in ‘flexible employment’, which usually means temporary or part-time work, which is almost one in seven Chinese people.”
“Li Keqiang, who previously strongly supported the ground-floor economy, closed yesterday’s session of the National People’s Congress with another decent demolition of Xi Jinping’s declaration of China’s miracle of poverty eradication, pointing out that China is emerging ‘flexible employment’ and that upwards of 200 million people should be given social security subsidies to give the people basic protection of their rights and interests. The outside world generally regards unsecured work as ‘odd jobs’, Li Keqiang directly exposed the truth in front of the world, lifting the tragic truth that more than 200 million people have to work several jobs to make a living.”
“Education is devalued, college students are also very difficult to find jobs, but also open three children, very contradictory …”
“This year’s double master’s degree, the job is very difficult to find, should have known not to study directly to work, now facing the same work as the choice of undergraduate.”
“Those who spend all day guessing the holy meaning, the official who slips and slaps the horse, is only for personal self-interest money, definitely not for the people’s sake.”
“Li Keqiang will soon be retired. In China there can only be falsehoods, and telling the truth must not end well for you.”
Li Keqiang had exposed the average monthly income of 600 million people in China at last year’s “two sessions”, and pushed the “stall economy”, which was said to highlight the seriousness of China’s employment difficulties and economic decline. Within a few days afterwards, the topic of “floor stall economy” was suddenly cooled down, and Cai Qi, the secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, even called for the banning of floor stalls.
At the closing press conference of this year’s “Two Sessions”, Li Keqiang was asked what significant changes had occurred in China’s employment quality and income over the past year since the outbreak of the Epidemic, and replied that the employment pressure this year was still very high, with 14 million new workers in urban areas in 2021, including a record high of 9.09 million college graduates. The employment of retired military personnel and the provision of part-time jobs for 270 to 80 million migrant workers are among the challenges, so when formulating macro policies this year, employment remains at the top of the “six stability” list.
He said, “Flexible employment is now on the rise in China, involving more than 200 million people. Some people work several jobs for one person.”
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