China will implement a series of supporting measures this year to further promote employment, targeting key sectors, critical industries, grassroots urban and rural areas, and micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), said an official on Monday.
Speaking at a press conference in Beijing, Chen Yongjia, deputy director of Employment Promotion Department under the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, noted that the country's employment sector remains stable since the beginning of 2025, characterized by active corporate recruitment and high enthusiasm among job seekers, thereby laying a solid foundation for employment efforts throughout the year.
"On one hand, we will focus on creating new job positions in areas such as industrial development, consumption expansion, major projects, and public services, thereby opening more employment opportunities for job seekers," said Chen.
In terms of industrial development, efforts will be made to deeply explore the employment potential of new quality productive forces such as advanced manufacturing, stabilize the scale of manufacturing employment, and create more high-quality job opportunities, the official noted.
Regarding the expansion of consumption, there will be a vigorous push to transform new consumption hotspots into new channels for employment, thereby driving job growth in related sectors, he noted.
In addition, in the context of public services, efforts will be directed at safeguarding livelihoods, developing county economies, and promoting comprehensive rural revitalization, thereby broadening employment opportunities in urban and rural grassroots services. Moreover, the role of private enterprises and MSMEs as key channels for employment will be enhanced to increase job appeal.
"We will strengthen specific policy measures aimed at supporting enterprises by lightening their burdens and helping them keep their payrolls stable, offering incentives on expanding employment, supporting entrepreneurship, and enhancing person-post matching, so as to promote employment and entrepreneurship among key demographic groups," he said.
In supporting enterprises by lightening their burdens and helping them keep their payrolls stable, the focus will be on continuing to implement policies for temporarily lowering unemployment and work injury insurance rates, said Chen.
Financial institutions will be encouraged to innovate special loans aimed at stabilizing and expanding employment, with appropriate increases in loan limits for MSMEs and an expansion of coverage to guide companies in maintaining job positions. In terms of enhancing incentives, timely fulfillment of tax incentives, guaranteed loans, and employment subsidies will be prioritized.
The coverage of one-off subsidies for enterprises that hire unemployed college graduates will be broadened, and various industrial funds will be effectively utilized to promote employment, encouraging enterprises to absorb more workers, the official said.
China to adopt supporting measures to promote employment
The Israeli army conducted another wave of intense airstrikes on early Wednesday morning across multiple locations in the northern, eastern and southern parts of the Gaza Strip, including Gaza City and Khan Younis, according to local sources and eyewitnesses.
The Wednesday airstrikes came after Israel's attacks on the region one day before.
Casualties from Wednesday's attacks are still unclear.
A day earlier, Gaza-based health authorities said the airstrikes on Tuesday killed at least 413. The airstrikes occurred early Tuesday amid indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas regarding the next steps of a truce, which could include ending the war and releasing the remaining Israeli hostages. The strikes broke nearly two months of ceasefire and raised fears of fully reigniting the 17-month war.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet security service announced in a joint statement Tuesday afternoon that the Israeli security forces continue to attack what they call "terrorist targets" of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement throughout the Gaza Strip.
Among the targets attacked in recent hours were "terrorist cells, launch sites, weapons and additional military infrastructure" that were used by the "terrorist organizations" to plan and carry out "terrorist acts", and posed a threat to IDF forces and the citizens of Israel, according to the statement.
According to the Hamas-run Gaza government media office, however, the Israeli strikes targeted densely populated residential areas across the south, north and center of the Strip, as well as camps for displaced persons.
At least five senior officials and their families were among the dead, according to security sources in the Hamas government.
The officials killed in the renewed Israeli bombardment include Issam al-Daalis, a member of Hamas's political bureau and head of the Government Follow-up Committee in Gaza; Ahmed Omar al-Hatta, deputy minister of Hamas's justice ministry; Mahmoud Abu Watfa, Hamas's deputy interior minister; Bahjat Hassan Abu Sultan, director-general of Hamas's internal security service; and Abu Obeida al-Jamasi, a political bureau member and head of the emergency committee in Gaza, the sources said.
Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said Israel's renewed assault on Gaza is not "a one-day operation," adding that the initial decision to launch the attacks was made "several days ago."
Oren Marmorsteinm, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said in an official statement Tuesday morning that the attacks aimed to achieve the war's objectives, including "the release of all our hostages, the dismantling of Hamas's military and governmental infrastructure, and the removal of the terrorist threat from Gaza to Israel's security and its citizens."
Israel will act against Hamas with "increasing military intensity" from this point forward, according to Marmorstein.
Israel carried out the strikes after Hamas refused to release hostages held in Gaza and rejected a truce deal proposed by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, said Marmorstein.
In a press statement, Hamas accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government of deliberately violating the ceasefire agreement and escalating the conflict.
"Netanyahu and his extremist government have decided to overturn the ceasefire and expose prisoners in Gaza to an unknown fate," Hamas said.
Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel will escalate its renewed assault on the Gaza Strip and that "from now on, the negotiations (on Gaza ceasefire) will take place only under fire."
Israel has returned to fighting with full force, Netanyahu said in a televised address, adding that Israel will act against Hamas with increasing intensity from now on.
Israel will continue fighting to achieve all the war's objectives -- freeing all our hostages, eliminating Hamas, and ensuring that Gaza will no longer pose a threat to Israel, he said.
Netanyahu claimed that the overnight surprise attack was launched because Hamas rejected Israeli and U.S. proposals to extend the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal that ended on March 1. The proposals demanded prolonging the first phase and Hamas freeing additional hostages.
After Tuesday's deadly attacks, the Israeli army issued evacuation orders, prompting Palestinians to flee in chaos.
Israel carries out new airstrikes on Gaza early Wednesday
