"Our social groups are refine and differentiate. For couriers, online ride-hailing drivers, e-commerce practitioners, etc. that have emerged in recent years, we must keep up with the management and services to fill this gap. We must have both management and services." On March 5, General Secretary Xi Jinping said with concern when participating in the deliberation of the Jiangsu delegation.

The new employment group is an important part of socialist workers and an indispensable and important force in economic and social development. In recent years, new business formats represented by platform economy have developed rapidly, with 84 million new employment forms nationwide, accounting for 21% of the total number of employees, covering all areas and levels of production and life.

"It must have both management and services." A concern is consistent.

"Is this busy job?" "Is it too busy to go home during the Spring Festival?" On the eve of the 2019 Spring Festival, General Secretary Xi Jinping walked into Shitou Hutong, Qianmen, Beijing to visit the "courier boys" who are working to understand their work and life situation; in Zashui, Shaanxi, the General Secretary went into the live broadcast room to encourage rural e-commerce; in Changsha, Hunan, the General Secretary invited truck drivers and courier boys to listen to the people's voices during a discussion... The General Secretary was always concerned about their urgent and difficult times.

The top-level design is being improved.

The Central Social Work Department was established in 2023, and social work departments in various places were established one after another; the Central Social Work Conference was held for the first time in 2024, and General Secretary Xi Jinping made important instructions on social work and emphasized that my country's social structure is undergoing profound changes, especially the rapid development of emerging fields, new economic organizations and new social organizations emerge in large numbers, the scale of new employment groups continues to expand, and social work is facing new situations and new tasks, and new responsibilities and new actions must be demonstrated.

"Highlight the Party building of new economic organizations, new social organizations, and new employment groups, and continuously enhance the Party's appeal, cohesion and influence in emerging fields" "Do a good job in ideological guidance and cohesion and service work for new employment groups", General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out the key.

Management and services are following up.

He earnestly reminded "A period has problems with one period, and a group has difficulties with another group, we must pay attention to it and constantly solve it." He repeatedly emphasized that "we must improve the social security system for flexible employment through multiple channels", and pointed out that "the corresponding laws, regulations, policies and measures cannot come late."

From the Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee mentioning the concept of "new employment form" for the first time, to the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, to the requirements of "strengthening the protection of the rights and interests of workers in new employment forms" by the report of the 20th National Congress, to the "promoting the pilot project of expanding occupational injury protection" and other measures are written into the 2025 Government Work Report, to strengthen the protection of the rights and interests of workers in new employment forms, step by step.

Provide the health of new employment groups. In 2023, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security issued the "Guidelines for the Conclusion of Labor Contracts and Written Agreements for Workers in New Employment Forms (Trial)", which clearly stated that the occupational injury protection system should be written into the document to solve the occupational concerns of new employment groups; this year's Supreme Court work report proposed to release guiding cases of labor disputes in new employment forms. For platform enterprises that require workers to register as individual households and then sign the so-called cooperation contract, it is clear that labor relations will be determined based on the facts of employment, and the legitimate rights and interests of workers will be effectively protected.

In recent years, various places have actively explored and promoted the party building work of new business forms and new employment groups. By strengthening organizational coverage, integrating into community governance, and improving the service system, they have enhanced the cohesion, sense of accomplishment, and sense of gain of new business forms and new employment groups.

"Social work must be strengthened", focus on the greatness of the country, be the "struggle in the new era" and the "creator and guardian of a better life."

Planning: Du Shangze

Written by: Liang Guanqun, Li Jianguang

Editor: Han Wenyan

Proofreading: Xiong Jie

Editor in charge: Han Wenyan