人民日报社记者:我们观察到总理您在政府工作报告中指出,要让更加公平、充分的就业始终成为高质量发展的亮点,但是在现实生活中,比如大学生就业还有转岗职工再就业、复转军人再就业等仍然困难不少,这也意味着未来5年中国的就业市场将面临着诸多挑战。请问您准备如何解决这些困难?
李克强:就业成效是要由人民群众来评判的,如果有失业也是掩盖不住的,所以我先回答你今年的问题,未来5年会怎么样,要看今年做得怎么样。
People's Daily: Mr. Premier, in your government work report you said that fairer and fuller employment should always be a highlight of high quality development in China. At the same time, however, college graduates, laid-off workers from cutting overcapacity and demobilized military personnel continue to face difficulty in getting jobs, which means daunting challenges in ensuring employment in the next five years. What do you plan to do to tackle this problem?
Premier Li: Whether the government is doing a good job in employment is best judged by our people. I don't think anyone would be able to cover it up if we fall short on job creation. Let me first address what we plan to do on the employment front this year, as this year's performance will be a good indicator of what is to come in the next five years.
过去5年,中国经济运行保持在合理区间,其中一个很大的亮点就是实现了6600多万城镇新增就业,保持了比较充分的就业。就业对于一个家庭来说是天大的事。没有一个人就业,一个家庭就毫无生气。如果大学生毕业就失业,就没有希望。所以我们要将心比心,各级政府及其工作人员,都要把就业放在心上,扛在肩上。今年政府工作报告首次把城镇调查失业率列入预期目标,就是为了更加充分地反映城乡就业状况,也可以说这是自加压力。
这里我想报个大账,我们今年城镇实际新成长劳动力有1500万到1600万,我们定的目标是至少要保证新增1100万人就业,但方向是1300万人以上,前几年我们都做到了,今年也没有理由不做到。与此同时,我们还有2.8亿农民工,他们在城市化进程中盖起大楼、铺通大道,为中国发展立下了汗马功劳。促进农民工就业也是新型城镇化的重要内容,进城务工农民都是通过打工来增加他们的收入,今年至少还要新增三、四百万农村转移劳动力,对此,我们要责无旁贷地为农民工创造稳定的就业机会。
In recent years, with the Chinese economy operating within a proper range, some 60 million new urban jobs have been generated, ensuring relatively full employment in China. This has been a big achievement. Employment is of paramount importance for each and every family, and nothing is more depressing for it than zero employment of its members. A college graduate would not have a future if graduation means joblessness. We must put ourselves in their shoes. Governments at all levels must always put job creation high on their priority list. In this year's government work report, for the first time, we incorporated surveyed urban unemployment as a projected target, to better reflect the employment situation in both urban and rural areas. This is the government putting pressure on itself.
In urban areas, we expect to see some 15 to 16 million new entrants to the job market this year. Our minimum target is to generate another 11 million new jobs and we will work towards the goal of 13 million in actual practice. We have been able to do that in the past several years and there's no reason for us not to hit that mark this year. Moreover, we have some 280 million rural migrant workers. They have worked hard to pave roads and build skyscrapers in the cities, making great contribution to China's development. Getting migrant workers employed is an important part of China's urbanization process and a big source of their income. This year, we expect to see some three to four million rural migrant workers coming to the cities, the government must endeavor to fulfill its responsibility in providing job opportunities for these people.