Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 26 (Reporter Wei Yukun) The reporter learned from the National Development and Reform Commission on the 26th that by implementing the labor-for-relief policy, a total of 3.32 million low-income people were absorbed and hired in 2024, an increase of 31% year-on-year; labor remuneration was issued 47.8 billion yuan, an increase of 32% year-on-year.
The special investment project for labor-for-relief attracts 360,000 low-income rural people to find employment nearby. The National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance issued a central special investment of 11.5 billion yuan for work-for-relief in 2024, an increase of 600 million yuan from 2023, supporting relevant provinces to implement a total of 2,726 special investment projects for work-for-relief. The total year has attracted 360,000 rural people who have been lifted out of poverty, monitored people to prevent poverty, affected people and other low-income groups to work, and 4.1 billion yuan of labor remuneration is distributed, accounting for more than 30% of the central investment. All localities also rely on project construction to carry out public welfare positions such as labor skills training, development and post-construction management and maintenance, and have trained more than 200,000 people working for work for relief throughout the year.
In key engineering projects, the implementation of labor-for-relief has driven 2.46 million people to find employment nearby. In 2024, various places will implement labor-for-relief in key engineering projects invested by the state, province, city and county levels, driving a total of 2.46 million low-income people to find employment nearby and distributing 39.4 billion yuan in labor remuneration.
It is reported that in the next step, the National Development and Reform Commission will conscientiously implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, the Central Economic Work Conference, and the Central Rural Work Conference, work with relevant departments and localities to persist in all work-for-relief work, promote the implementation of special investment projects for work-for-relief with high standards and high quality, and continue to vigorously promote the method of work-for-relief in various key engineering projects and agricultural and rural infrastructure fields, continue to expand the employment absorption capacity and the scale of labor remuneration payment, and further play the important role of work-for-relief in stabilizing employment, increasing income, and promoting consumption.
