Machine replacement or impact on employment? The Ministry of human resources and social security will improve unemployment monitoring

Introduction: in order to strengthen the monitoring and early warning of unemployment risk, the Ministry of human resources and social security has established a dynamic unemployment monitoring mechanism covering 27 million jobs in 50000 enterprises, regularly tracking and investigating the loss of jobs in enterprises, and timely catching the changes of employment in industries and regions.

With the rapid development of artificial intelligence, people are worried about the impact of "machine replacement" on employment. Last year, during the two sessions of the National People's Congress, the Central Committee of the people's Republic of China put forward a proposal to formulate as early as possible the response strategies of AI affecting employment supply and demand. In a reply recently released by the Ministry of human resources and social security, the current impact of artificial intelligence on employment is still in a "moderate and gradual process".

The reporter from Nandu noted that China has attached great importance to the development of artificial intelligence in recent years. The report of the 19th National Congress clearly proposed to promote the deep integration of artificial intelligence and the real economy, cultivate new growth points and form new momentum. In 2017, the State Council issued the development plan for the new generation of artificial intelligence, followed by a series of policies and measures to support the development of artificial intelligence.

In the process of accelerating the development of artificial intelligence, the impact on the field of employment is also deepening. During the national two sessions in 2019, the Central Committee of the people's Republic of China (DPPC) submitted a proposal on how to systematically formulate the response strategies of AI affecting employment supply and demand.

The proposal points out that in recent years, with the rapid development of artificial intelligence and its related fields and the wide application of new generation information technology, the labor force has weakened its dependence on land and capital and released more potential. The boom of "platform employment" and "entrepreneurial employment" has developed rapidly, which not only promoted many new jobs, but also accelerated the risk of structural unemployment.

"Artificial intelligence has become an irresistible development trend, whether we are willing or not, has begun to affect all aspects of our lives." Zhang Yudong, member of the CPPCC National Committee, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the people's Republic of China and President of the Chengdu Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said in a media interview last year, "I hope our country will be ready for the arrival of the era of artificial intelligence and look forward to its benefits to our society, but also pay attention to its possible impact on the existing social structure, such as the employment problem."

In the proposal, the Central Committee of the people's Republic of China proposed to prevent skilled unemployment in advance. According to the development of new artificial intelligence technology in the future, we should strengthen the dynamic monitoring of employment and unemployment, grasp the changes of employment and unemployment in different industries and groups in time, improve the early warning mechanism of unemployment, and respond to the possible unemployment risks in advance.

The Ministry of human resources and social security will strengthen the dynamic monitoring of employment posts and make risk early warning in time.

In response to the above suggestions, the Ministry of human resources and social security said that the development of artificial intelligence technology has led to the improvement of labor productivity and the birth of new industries and new formats, of which the service industry is the majority, generating more and newer employment opportunities. However, the Ministry of human resources and social security also pointed out that with the accelerated development of artificial intelligence, changes in the employment and unemployment of different industries and groups caused by this need to be focused.

According to reports, a new generation of AI governance professional committee has been set up at the national level to strengthen the research on laws, ethics, standards and social issues related to AI, among which prevention of unemployment is one of the key issues.

"We will further improve the unemployment monitoring and early warning mechanism, especially strengthen the research and analysis of the impact of artificial intelligence on employment, strengthen the dynamic monitoring of jobs in key areas and industrial enterprises where intelligent machines are widely used, and make timely risk early warning." Reply from the Ministry of human resources and social security.

According to the Ministry of human resources and social security, since 2016, the Ministry of human resources and social security has continued to track the impact of "machine replacement" on employment in various regions, regularly analyzed with universities and scientific research institutes, and understood and analyzed the impact of artificial intelligence on enterprise employment through multiple channels through field research and enterprise discussion. "From the current situation, the impact of AI on employment is still in a moderate and gradual process."

In order to strengthen the monitoring and early warning of unemployment risk, the Ministry of human resources and social security has established a dynamic unemployment monitoring mechanism covering 27 million jobs in 50000 enterprises, regularly tracking and investigating the loss of jobs in enterprises, and timely catching changes in employment in industries and regions. "In the next step, we will further improve the unemployment monitoring and early warning mechanism, especially strengthen the research and analysis of the impact of artificial intelligence on employment, strengthen the dynamic monitoring of jobs in key areas and industrial enterprises where intelligent machines are used on a large scale, and make risk early warning in time." According to the Ministry of human resources and social security.

The Ministry of human resources and social security also said that strengthening vocational skills training and helping workers improve their employability are effective measures to deal with the impact of artificial intelligence on employment. Next, the State Council will earnestly implement the relevant policies and measures on the implementation of lifelong vocational skills training system, carry out vocational skills training in a large scale, continuously improve the employability of workers, and help workers in technical adjustment China completed the employment transformation smoothly.