en.Wedoany.com Reported - Li Lecheng, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), presided over the 2026 plenary meeting of the Ministry's Employment Promotion Leading Group on May 19. The meeting elevated the stabilization and expansion of employment in traditional manufacturing industries such as light industry, textiles, and apparel to the strategic height of "consolidating the employment foundation," while simultaneously launching an artificial intelligence entrepreneurship support program for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to cultivate new employment growth points.
The meeting pointed out that traditional manufacturing industries such as light industry, textiles, and apparel are important reservoirs for absorbing employment. Implementing the new round of steady growth work plans for ten key industries must focus on ensuring the stability of employment scale in these labor-intensive sectors. As traditional pillars of the national economy and important livelihood industries, the light industry and textile & apparel sectors connect upstream raw material production with downstream end consumption. Their stable operation directly affects the livelihoods of tens of millions of industrial workers and micro, small, and medium-sized enterprise owners. The meeting emphasized that by stabilizing the employment capacity of the light industry and textile sectors, a buffer space is provided for industrial transformation and upgrading, achieving progress while maintaining stability.
While consolidating traditional employment capacity, the meeting clarified a new path for job expansion focused on "cultivating entities and enhancing absorption capacity." The Ministry will improve and refine the gradient cultivation system for high-quality enterprises, effectively implement the central government's fiscal policy supporting the high-quality development of specialized and sophisticated SMEs, and officially launch the artificial intelligence entrepreneurship support program for SMEs. The plan aims to cultivate a batch of technology-based and innovative SMEs, high-tech enterprises, specialized and sophisticated "Little Giant" enterprises, and manufacturing single champion enterprises by building and utilizing the national SME service "One Network," making them new engines for absorbing university graduates and high-end talent.
To ensure employment through multiple channels, the meeting also deployed a series of talent supply-demand matching activities, including organizing brand events such as the "100-Day Recruitment," "Excellent Enterprises Entering Campuses to Attract Talent and Wisdom," and "In-Depth University-Enterprise Connection Tours," while tapping the employment potential of platforms like national high-tech zones and technology-based enterprise incubators. In terms of skilled talent cultivation, the MIIT will accelerate the full coverage of rotational training for senior management talents in specialized and sophisticated "Little Giant" enterprises, and leverage the role of the National Excellent Engineer Practice Base to build a technical and skilled talent cultivation platform aligned with new industrialization.
Ke Jixin, member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Minister of the MIIT, attended the meeting. Responsible officials from relevant departments and bureaus of the Ministry also participated.
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