The 13th National People's Congress, China's national legislature, opens its second session at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 5, 2019. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/chinadaily.com.cn]
Vocational education
The country will take strong moves to develop modern vocational education to help ease current employment pressure and address the shortage of highly-skilled personnel.
A vocational skills training initiative will be implemented with 100 billion yuan ($14.9 billion) from the surplus in unemployment insurance funds allocated to provide training for the 15 million targeted attendees, helping jobseekers to upgrade skills or switch jobs or industries.
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