[The Epoch Times, July 2, 2022](reported by Zhang Mingjian, reporter from the Epoch Times Special Department) Regarding the current living conditions of the Chinese people, the Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of China and the Premier of the State Council of the Communist Party of China issued diametrically opposite statements.
The CCP’s Propaganda Department claimed at a June 28 “China This Decade” press conference that since 2012, the CCP has made “historic achievements”, building in Chinawell-offsociety, all 98.99 million rural poorget rid of povertyand there is no large-scale return to poverty, while achieving relatively full employment.
But amid the slogans of the CCP’s propaganda system, the CCP Premier of the State CouncilLi KeqiangBut at the same time, they made the exact opposite statement.
Li KeqiangOn June 27, he said that due to factors such as the epidemic and disaster, nowdifficult populationincrease, China’s economy has been derailed. He emphasized that although the economy has recovered in general, the foundation is not yet solid. The current focus of work is to stabilize the economy, promote employment, and ensure people’s livelihood through employment.
Li Keqiang inspected the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the Communist Party of China and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on the same day, and made the above statement when chairing a symposium.
He also told the participants, “We must bring down and control the unemployment rate as soon as possible. We must strengthen dynamic monitoring, and promptly discover the unemployed, those who need to be included in the minimum living allowance, and those who are temporarily trapped. Prevent incidents that impact the moral bottom line.”
Li Keqiang’s speech reflects that the current unemployment rate in China remains high and people’s livelihood is difficult, and the probability of extreme events in Chinese society has soared.
Recently, small and medium-sized enterprises, the backbone of China’s job market, have experienced layoffs and wage reductions. Some enterprises have frozen recruitment. Many small enterprises have closed down during the CCP’s strict epidemic control period.
A recent report by mainland Chinese human resources website 51job.com also shows that the Chinese job market is becoming more competitive, with more and more factories laying off workers or stopping hiring. Small businesses have been hit the hardest by the lockdown.
The report conducted a sample survey of 950 Chinese companies in April and May this year, and found that only 27% of SMEs said they would recruit new people according to their established plans this year.
Among micro-enterprises with less than 50 employees, 26% have losses of 50% to 75%, only 9% say they are not affected by the epidemic, and 11% of micro-enterprises say they are facing bankruptcy. Among the large enterprises with more than 1,000 employees, 6% of the enterprises have losses of 50% to 75%, and 1% of the enterprises say they may close down.
According to a report by the mainland Chinese recruitment website Zhilian, as of April, among the 10 million fresh graduates in 2022, only 46.7% have obtained job opportunities, down from 63% a year ago, and the monthly contract salary has also dropped by 12% compared with last year. , the average is 6507 yuan (about 1000 US dollars).
The plight of China’s SMEs has been deliberately ignored in official propaganda, and the current performance of China’s job market is contrary to the CCP’s propaganda.
Responsible editor: Lian Shuhua#