Guideline aims to boost high-quality e-commerce
The Ministry of Commerce and five other government departments have issued a guideline to promote the high-quality development of e-commerce, higher-level opening-up and more effective governance to better support and strengthen the real economy.
The document describes e-commerce as a fast-growing, highly innovative and widely applied part of the digital economy, saying it has become a new driver for developing new quality productive forces.
Under the guideline, authorities will step up efforts to digitally empower small and medium-sized enterprises, promote the standardized use of electronic certification in e-commerce, expand rural e-commerce applications, and encourage models such as direct online procurement and customized production.
It seeks to foster industrial e-commerce by guiding platforms to help digitalize research and manufacturing, warehousing and logistics, and sales and services to improve coordination across industrial and supply chains.
The document urges faster adoption of new technologies, including "AI plus e-commerce", while promoting higher-level opening-up through better cross-border e-commerce pilot zones, "Silk Road e-commerce", institutional opening-up, stronger regulation, compliant overseas expansion, and improved financial, data and talent support.
Employment support to prevent poverty relapse
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs have jointly issued a guideline to establish a regular employment support mechanism aimed at preventing people from slipping back into poverty and advancing all-around rural vitalization.
According to the document, people at risk of falling back into poverty who have the ability and willingness to work, along with those in underdeveloped areas, will become regular targets of employment assistance after the transition period, with precise support and dynamic management.
It calls for promoting labor migration by strengthening coordination between labor-sending and labor-receiving areas, and providing transport subsidies where appropriate for eligible people.
It stresses local job creation through county-level industries, distinctive rural industries and labor-intensive sectors, with supported projects giving priority to those at risk.
The guideline calls for stronger employment services, vocational training and safety net support, including employment assistance, tax and fee cuts, startup guaranteed loans, interest subsidies and social insurance subsidies.
100-day campus employment service campaign launched
The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Education have launched a 100-day campaign, running from April 1 to July 10, to bring public employment services into university campuses.
The move aims to provide more professional and targeted support to 2026 graduates, helping more of them secure jobs as early as possible and maintain overall stability in youth employment.
The campaign will bring employment services directly into campuses through policy briefings, recruitment events, skills training, hardship assistance and entrepreneurship support. Provincial-level regions with large graduate populations must organize at least 100 recruitment events and encourage employers to offer suitable, high-quality jobs.
For graduates facing difficulties, human resources and education departments must recommend at least three quality job openings for each eligible student before the end of May, while ensuring one-off job-seeking subsidies are provided.
