Chapter VI Employment Aid

Article 52 People’s governments at all levels shall establish a sound employment aid system and, in their support and assistance, give priority to the persons who have difficulty in finding jobs, by means of exemption and deduction of taxes and fees, discount interest loans, social insurance subsidies, post subsidies, by providing public welfare jobs and through other channels.

By persons who have difficulty in finding jobs are meant those persons who have difficulty in getting employed because of their physical condition, level of skills, family factor, loss of land, etc., or who cannot get re-employed after being unemployed for a continuous period of time. The specific range of persons who have difficulty in finding jobs shall be separately defined by the people’s governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in light of the actual conditions of their respective administrative areas.

Article 53 The public welfare jobs which are created through government investment shall first be offered to the persons who have difficulty in finding jobs and meet the requirements of such jobs. The persons who get such jobs shall be given post subsidies according to the regulations of the State.

Article 54 Local people’s governments at all levels shall improve their service in respect of employment aid at the grass-roots level, place emphasis on assisting the persons who have difficulty in finding jobs and offer them employment services and aid related to public welfare jobs that are suited to them.

Local people’s governments at all level shall encourage and support the various sectors of the society to provide skill training, job information and other services to the persons who have difficulty in finding jobs.

Article 55 People’s governments at all levels shall take special supportive measures to promote the employment of disabled persons.

An employing unit shall arrange the employment of disabled persons according to the regulations of the State. The specific measures in this respect shall be formulated by the State Council.

Article 56 Local people’s governments at or above the county level shall adopt diversified forms of employment, expand the range of public welfare posts, create job opportunities, and ensure that at least one member is employed in each urban family that needs employment.

Where all the members of a family who have reached the statutory working age are unemployed, they may apply for employment aid to the public service for employment of the neighborhood or community where they live. The said public service for employment shall, upon verification, provide a suitable job to one member of the family at least.

Article 57 The State encourages the cities open to resources exploitation and the independent industrial and mining areas to develop industries that meet market demand and guide people to find jobs in these industries.

To the areas where it becomes difficult for a large number of persons to find jobs because the resources there are exhausted or the structure of the economy is readjusted, or for other reasons, the people’s governments at a higher level shall provide the necessary support and assistance.