On July 29, the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) News Center held a press conference on the achievements of trade unions since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), introducing relevant information and answering questions from journalists.
Guests present: Zhang Xiaohui, spokesman of the All China Federation of Trade Unions and Minister of Publicity and Education; Wang Lizhong, Director of the Research Office of the All China Federation of Trade Unions; Sorangdeji, Vice Minister of the Rights and Interests Protection Department of the All China Federation of Trade Unions; Wang Xiaofeng, Head of the Labor and Economic Work Department of the All China Federation of Trade Unions; Liu Wei, Head of the Grassroots Work Department of the All China Federation of Trade Unions; Wang Junwei, Head of Legal Department of All China Federation of Trade Unions
Time: 2022-07-29
Chaired by Zhang Xiaohui
Zhang Xiaohui: Good morning, friends from the media!
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the All China Federation of Trade Unions and trade unions at all levels have conscientiously implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping's important statement on the work of the working class and trade unions, faithfully performed their duties and took on responsibilities, and made important progress and remarkable achievements in various work, playing an important role in the overall work of the Party and the country. Today, we held a press conference on the achievements and experiences of trade union work since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, invited comrades in charge of relevant departments of the All China Federation of Trade Unions to introduce relevant information and answer your questions. Next, I would like to introduce to you the relevant responsible comrades who attended today's press conference. They are:
Comrade Wang Lizhong, Director of the Research Office of the All China Federation of Trade Unions;
Comrade Sorangdeji, Vice Minister of the Rights and Interests Protection Department of the All China Federation of Trade Unions;
Wang Xiaofeng, Minister of the Labor and Economic Work Department of the All China Federation of Trade Unions;
Comrade Liu Wei, Head of the Grassroots Work Department of the All China Federation of Trade Unions;
Comrade Wang Junwei, Head of the Legal Work Department of the All China Federation of Trade Unions.
Next, let's first invite Comrade Wang Lizhong, Director of the Research Office of the All China Federation of Trade Unions, to introduce to you the achievements and experience of trade union work since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Wang Lizhong introduced relevant information and answered questions from reporters
Wang Lizhong: Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, the All China Federation of Trade Unions and trade unions at all levels have fully implemented Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, thoroughly studied and implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping's important statement on the work of the working class and trade unions, unswervingly followed the path of the development of socialist trade unions with Chinese characteristics, and courageously acted, Adhering to integrity and innovation, important progress and new results have been achieved in all work.
1、 General Secretary Xi Jinping took the helm and guided the Party's labor movement cause and trade union work along the correct political direction
（1） General Secretary Xi Jinping showed cordial concern for the working class and personally planned the Party's labor movement cause, which injected strong impetus into the new era of meritorious service for the workers and the masses. Leaders convened the Central Party's mass and league work conference, formulated opinions on strengthening and improving the Party's mass and league work, attended the 16th and 17th National Congress of the Trade Union of China, the National Model Worker Conference and other important meetings, held collective talks with the members of the new leadership of the All China Federation of Trade Unions twice, presided over the meeting to review and approve the reform plan of the All China Federation of Trade Unions and the reform plan for building the industrial workforce in the new era, During each domestic inspection, we should go deep into the enterprise to visit front-line workers and model workers, answer letters to the students of the undergraduate class of model workers of China Institute of Labor Relations, and all the employees of Zhengzhou Yuanfang Group, send congratulatory letters to the first big country artisan innovation exchange conference, and send greetings and consolations to the broad masses of workers on the May Day holiday, so as to check the direction and guide the direction of trade union work in the new era, Stimulate the great power of hundreds of millions of employees to make contributions in the new era.
（2） General Secretary Xi Jinping's important exposition on the work of the working class and trade unions is the inheritance and development of Marxist labor theory, which has laid a solid foundation for the Party's labor movement theory in the new era. The basic connotation of the important discussion is mainly "eight insistences", which involves the political guarantee, guidelines, values, themes of the labor movement, development path, basic responsibilities, driving force, organizational foundation, etc. of the labor movement cause and trade union work. The key is to adhere to the leadership of the Party, fundamentally strengthen the political, advanced and mass character, and focus on safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of workers Serve the staff and workers wholeheartedly. The important exposition is a scientific and complete ideological and theoretical system, which raises the Party's understanding of the laws of the labor movement and trade union work to a new height and opens up a new realm of the Party's labor movement theory.
（3） General Secretary Xi Jinping's important statement on the work of the working class and trade unions shows great practical strength and provides a fundamental basis for the high-quality development of trade union work in the new era. The All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) has twice compiled and printed the Extract of Xi Jinping's Discussion on the Working Class and Trade Union Work, edited and published the In depth Study and Implementation of General Secretary Xi Jinping's Important Discussion on the Working Class and Trade Union Work, and held theoretical seminars for three consecutive years to form the characteristic activities and institutional arrangements of the trade union. We will improve, study and implement the important instructions and instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the system of major decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee, and the system of "the first topic" for meetings of the Party Leadership Group (Party Committee). By the end of May 2022, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping's 58 important instructions and instructions on the work of the working class and trade unions have been completed.
2、 Adhere to taking an active role in the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and the role of trade unions in serving the overall situation around the center is more prominent
（1） Ideological and political guidance is strong and powerful, and the political belief of hundreds of millions of workers to follow the Party's words is more firm. First, Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era is close to and in the minds of employees. Adhere to the study and implementation of Xi Jinping's Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as the primary political task, and continue to promote the innovative theory of the Party in the new era into enterprises, workshops, and teams in various forms. The political, ideological, theoretical, and emotional identity of the staff and workers on the "two establishment" has been significantly enhanced. Second, the value guidance of "China Dream · Labor Beauty" goes deep into the grassroots and takes root in the staff. Cultivate and practice the core socialist values, strengthen the construction of "four virtues", continue to carry out the selection and commendation activities of the national workers' professional ethics construction, and the activities of "online gathering positive energy of workers to become good Internet users in China". More than 10000 demonstration sites of national trade union staff bookstores have been built nationwide, and more than 130000 staff bookstores have been built around the country. Third, the spirit of model worker, labor spirit and craftsman has become a common practice in the whole society. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, 2245 national May Day labor awards, 8650 medals and 8870 national pioneer workers have been awarded. We strengthened model worker selection services, organized model workers and craftsmen to enter schools and enterprises, released 91 person times of the 9th National "Most Beautiful Workers", produced and broadcasted 9 seasons of the "Great Craftsman" feature film, and released 30 people of the 3rd "Great Craftsman of the Year".
（2） The reform of the construction of the industrial workforce has gone deeper and deeper, and the wisdom of hundreds of millions of workers has been fully demonstrated. First, the reform of the construction of industrial workers has achieved important phased results. General Secretary Xi Jinping has personally planned, deployed and promoted the industrial reform. Since its launch in April 2017, the General Assembly has earnestly fulfilled its responsibility to take the lead in promoting reform. The Party Central Committee, the State Council and relevant departments have issued more than 90 supporting documents, the General Assembly has issued more than 20, and 31 provinces (districts, cities) have issued reform implementation plans and supporting policy documents. 21 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) have incorporated the reform into the assessment projects of Party committees and governments. Since 2018, the proportion of industrial workers in the national May Day labor medal recognition has exceeded 40%, and in 2020, the proportion of front-line workers and enterprise technicians in the national model labor medal recognition has reached 71.1%. 28 provincial trade unions are staffed with 46 part-time vice chairmen of industrial workers. Second, the enthusiasm of the staff and workers to participate in labor and skill competitions has further burst. Focusing on the national major strategies, major projects, major projects and key industries, we will extensively, deeply and persistently carry out theme labor and skills competitions, and basically establish a vocational skills competition system with Chinese characteristics. By the end of 2020, more than 787000 enterprises with established trade unions had carried out competition activities, with 82.605 million employees participating. Third, the innovative and creative vitality of employees has been significantly improved. From 2013 to 2020, 81.224 million rationalization proposals were put forward, 32.597 million were implemented, 4.536 million technological innovations were carried out, 1.589 million inventions were created, and 1.31 million advanced operation methods were promoted. 297 national model workers and craftsmen talent innovation studios were named, and more than 82000 innovation studios of all levels and types were created by demonstration. 20 front-line industrial workers' innovation projects were awarded the National Science and Technology Progress Award. A staff innovation subsidy fund was set up to subsidize 248 innovation projects, and a total of 41.15 million yuan was granted. The "skill power platform" was launched, and the cumulative number of staff learning and training reached 165 million.
3、 Adhere to performing basic duties in constantly meeting people's aspirations for a better life, and the role of trade unions as bridges and ties will be further played
（1） The field of rights protection services has continued to expand, and breakthroughs have been made in protecting the rights and interests of workers in new forms of employment. Trade unions at all levels focus on key groups and areas to carry out rights protection and assistance. First, the economic rights and interests of workers have been effectively protected. Participate in the formulation and revision of laws, regulations, policies and systems such as the Trade Union Law. Over the past ten years, it has organized more than 90000 online and offline job fairs, trained more than 20 million people, and granted 5.7 billion yuan in micro loans (loans). The quality and efficiency of collective negotiation were evaluated, and efforts were intensified to eradicate the problem of wage arrears for migrant workers. Deepen the national "Ankang Cup" competition activities. Second, the sense of gain, happiness and security of workers in new forms of employment have been significantly enhanced. Vigorously promote the mode of "key construction, industry construction, and bottom building", and promote four leading enterprises in the freight industry to achieve breakthroughs in the construction of the association. In 2021, there will be more than 3.5 million workers in the new forms of employment. We will promote platform enterprises to standardize employment in accordance with the law, and cooperate with the pilot work of occupational injury protection. Up to now, it has promoted the construction of nearly 96000 outdoor labor service stations of trade unions, with an investment of 1.167 billion yuan, which is called "Love Posthouse" and "Warm Harbor" by the majority of workers. Third, the quality of life of employees has been continuously improved. Gradually form trade union brands such as sending warmth, assisting students in golden autumn, and migrant workers returning home safely, and build a long-term mechanism of normalized gradient assistance. In the past ten years, we have raised 42.982 billion yuan of warm funds, visited 1.8821 million enterprises, and visited 90.6075 million front-line workers and needy workers. Deeply implement the "Women Workers Care Action" and promote the construction of caring mommy cabins and women workers' rest and nursing rooms.
（2） Difficult workers have been effectively and forcefully lifted out of difficulties, and urban difficult workers have stepped into a well-off society as scheduled. Trade unions at all levels implement the requirements of the CPC Central Committee to win the battle against poverty, and take the initiative to take on the task of relieving urban workers from difficulties. First, the goal and task of relieving difficulties have been fully realized. By the end of 2020, 32 provincial federation of trade unions across the country have all completed the task of solving difficulties, and all the 5498700 families of workers and staff in difficulty who have been registered by the trade unions have achieved the goal of solving difficulties on schedule. Second, the assistance system for needy workers was effectively constructed. The role of 3361 assistance centers at or above the county level and 160000 grass-roots assistance stations in the country has been brought into full play. Since 2015, a total of 20.68 billion yuan has been invested in assistance, and 27.89 million people have been given special assistance. Third, targeted poverty alleviation counties achieved poverty eradication on schedule. In the past five years, the General Assembly has directly invested 53.68 million yuan in assistance funds, introduced 16.28 million yuan in capital and materials, organized and implemented more than 300 poverty alleviation projects, and benefited more than 50000 registered poor people. Heshun County and Huguan County in Shanxi Province, which are designated by the General Assembly to help the poor, achieved poverty alleviation in 2018 and 2019 respectively.
（3） The construction of harmonious labor relations continued to advance, and political security in the labor field remained stable. Trade unions at all levels implemented the Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Building Harmonious Labor Relations and carried out a comprehensive assessment of labor relations. First, labor relations were generally harmonious and stable. Carry out the theme activity of "solving problems openly and promoting development through democracy", and improve the democratic management system in the basic form of workers' congress. We will improve the tripartite mechanism for collective negotiation and coordination of labor relations, deepen demonstration activities for the establishment of harmonious labor relations, and establish a monitoring network for the development of trade union labor relations. Establish the All China Federation of Trade Unions Theory and Labor Relations Think Tank. Second, the foundation for the unity of the workforce is more stable. We will improve the long-term mechanism for implementing the requirements of the "Five Resolutions", give full play to the role of the ministerial coordination mechanism and the coordination mechanism of the General Assembly for the construction of safe China, and regularly check and resolve the risk of stability of the workforce. Third, the ability to maintain political security in the labor field has been greatly improved. We will strengthen the system and capacity building of trade unions to maintain security and stability in the labor field, build a national information platform for trade union social organization work, contact and guide social organizations to provide professional services for workers, and build an online petition mechanism for offline processing and online circulation.
4、 Adhering to reform and innovation while maintaining and enhancing political advancement and mass character, the attractiveness, cohesion and combat effectiveness of trade unions have been significantly enhanced
（1） Adhere to the overall concept and systematic thinking, and deepen the reform of trade unions. As a pilot unit for the reform of the central mass organizations, the General Assembly took the lead in the reform, completed the reform task on schedule, and promoted the organic combination of top-down and bottom-up reform of the trade union system to form a comprehensive reform effect. The Implementation Plan for Deepening the Reform and Innovation of Trade Unions was formulated to strengthen the solidarity education of trade unions, safeguard their rights and interests, and serve the functions of workers, and improve the trade union work system that has extensive contacts and serves workers. The 14th Five Year Plan for the Development of China's Labor Movement Undertakings and Trade Union Work was formulated with a view to enhancing the systematic and holistic synergy of reform. We will improve the financial management system and strengthen the review, audit and supervision of key areas of trade unions. We will strengthen the construction of trade union assets for public welfare services, and continue to promote the cleaning and rectification of workers' cultural palace and workers' nursing homes.
（2） We will strengthen the construction of grass-roots trade unions, and the trade union organizations will become more active. We continued to carry out the activities of the Year of Grass roots Trade Union Construction, the Year of Implementation and the Action of "Strengthening Grass roots, Reinforcing Shortcomings and Increasing Vitality". We carried out the centralized action of migrant workers joining the Association, truck drivers and other eight groups joining the Association, the special action of enterprises with more than 100 people building the Association, and the centralized action of new employment workers joining the Association. At present, there are more than 2.8 million grass-roots organizations and nearly 300 million members in China. We will improve the "small three level" trade union organization system, explore community grid trade unions, urban complex trade unions and other ways of building trade unions, and achieve effective coverage of small and micro non-public enterprises. We will promote the real name management of grassroots trade union organizations and trade union members.
（3） Accelerate the pace of building smart trade unions, and promote the integration of online and offline work of trade union networks. Promote the informatization construction project of the 14th Five Year Plan, create a big data system and service station with unified logic and nationwide coverage, and the provincial trade unions carry out the construction and online operation of online work platforms. We will strengthen the integration of trade union newspapers and media, build a new media matrix for trade unions, and open WeChat official accounts, as well as the official accounts of Today's Headlines, CCTV, and Ditto.
（4） We optimized the setup of trade union organizations, and constantly improved the ability and quality of the cadre team. As of December 2021, among the part-time vice chairmen of provincial trade unions, there are 70 model workers and front-line workers, accounting for 58.3%. The proportion of model workers and front-line workers among the members of the 17th Executive Committee and Presidium of the General Assembly was 21.1% and 23% respectively. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the General Assembly has held 414 entity and network training courses of various kinds, with direct training of more than 120000 people. We carried out the eighth and ninth national survey on the status of the workforce. We will improve the system of direct contact with the masses, such as the grassroots contact points for government officials, regular reception of visits from the masses, and visits to the grassroots. Initiated the proposal system of trade union representatives and executive committee members, and handled 386 trade union representative proposals and 401 executive committee proposals in total.
5、 Adhere to the principle of self revolution in the overall strict governance of the Party, and achieve high-quality development in the party building of the trade union system
（1） Adhere to the leadership of the party's political construction, and give full play to the role of the party's leadership and guarantee. We will thoroughly implement the general requirements for Party building in the new era, resolutely implement the decision and deployment of the Party Central Committee on comprehensively and strictly governing the Party, and promote the trade union system to continuously develop in depth. We formulated and implemented a list of responsibilities for comprehensively and strictly governing the Party, organized and carried out the Party's mass line education and practice activities, "Three Stricts and Three Realities" thematic education, "Two Studies and One Action" learning education, "Do not forget the original mind, keep in mind the mission" theme education, and party history learning education, and carried out the creation of a model political organ of "Loyalty to the Party's cause and dedication to serving employees".
（2） Adhere to strengthening the construction of grass-roots party organizations, and the standardization and standardization level of party branches has been significantly improved. We should take the focus on the grass-roots level as a clear guide to promote the comprehensive progress of grass-roots Party organizations. The General Assembly has formed a party building work pattern of "one post with two responsibilities" in which the party secretary performs the main responsibilities, the leaders in charge are responsible for the division of labor, the party committee of the organ promotes the implementation, and the main responsible comrades and team members of each unit. We will improve the system of grass-roots organizations, strengthen guidance for party building work in directly affiliated units and newly established units, and solidly promote standardization and standardization of party branches. We will incorporate the experience of full-time and part-time Party cadres into their resumes, and strengthen the education and training of Party cadres.
（3） We will continue to strengthen the work of building a clean and honest government and fighting corruption, and gradually consolidate the political ecology of a clean and upright style. On the basis of the National Trade Union Working Conference on Building a Clean and Honest Party for six consecutive years, it will be expanded to the National Trade Union Working Conference on Promoting Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party in 2022. Consciously accept the supervision of the discipline inspection and supervision team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission stationed in the General Office and the discipline inspection and supervision team of the discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels stationed in the trade union. The party group of the General Office and the discipline inspection and supervision team stationed in the General Office hold regular consultations. Accepted the inspection of the Party Leadership Group by the Central Inspection Group twice, and organized six rounds of internal inspection to achieve full coverage.
（4） We continued to address prominent issues of formalism, and significantly improved the work style of the trade union system. Strictly regulate conference activities, document briefings, news reports, going abroad on business, etc., consolidate and expand the implementation of the spirit of the eight provisions of the central government. We will carry out special work to rectify formalism and reduce burdens at the grass-roots level. Overall planning, standardization and strict control of supervision, inspection, assessment and evaluation.
The achievements of the trade union work in the past decade are the result of the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, the concern and attention of Party committees at all levels, the strong support of people's congresses at all levels, governments, the CPPCC and all sectors of the society, and the concerted efforts of the majority of trade union cadres and workers. It has mainly accumulated 6 aspects of experience.
First, we must always adhere to the leadership of the Party. Deeply understand the decisive significance of "two establishment", constantly enhance "four consciousness", firm "four self-confidence", achieve "two maintenance", and maintain the correct political direction of trade union work. Second, we must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. Implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important statement on the work of the working class and trade unions, and maintain political firmness with theoretical sobriety. Third, we must firmly grasp the theme of the labor movement era to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the Chinese Dream. We will promote the implementation of the principle of relying wholeheartedly on the working class, and give full play to the role of the working class as the main force. Fourth, we must adhere to the work orientation of taking staff as the center. Fully perform the basic responsibilities of the trade union and safeguard, realize and develop the rights and interests of the majority of workers. Fifth, we must earnestly safeguard political security in the labor field. Implement the "Five Resolutions", strive to achieve the "Five Non Occurrences", and resolutely maintain the harmony and stability of the workforce and society. Sixth, we must maintain and strengthen political advancement and mass character. Build the trade union organization into a more dynamic, strong and powerful one, so that the staff and workers can truly feel that the trade union is the "home of workers" and the trade union cadres are the most reliable "mother family" and close friends.
Zhang Xiaohui: Thank Comrade Wang Lizhong for his introduction. Now let's invite the reporter to ask questions. Before asking questions, please inform the media you work for.
Worker's Daily: Just now, Director Wang Lizhong mentioned that the eighth and ninth national survey on the status of the workforce has been carried out in the past ten years, and asked Director Wang to introduce what major changes have taken place in China's workforce since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China?
Wang Lizhong: Thank you for your question. As I said just now, we have conducted two surveys on the status of the workforce in the past ten years. One is the eighth and the other is the ninth. Why the ninth? At present, the survey on the status of the workforce is conducted every five years, and has been conducted for the ninth time since 1982. The ninth survey on the status of the workforce is under way. Recently, we have preliminarily sorted out and analyzed the results of the survey and the data in the process of the survey. In general, I feel that the changes of the workforce, especially the important changes, are reflected in the following aspects:
1、 From the overall composition of the workforce
First, academic education. I feel that the education level of employees has improved significantly. According to the data from relevant government departments, the proportion of the newly added labor force who has received higher education in 2022 will reach 50.9%, and the average length of schooling will reach 13.7 years. The survey of the General Manager shows that 85.1% of the staff have high school education or above, an increase of 6.3 percentage points over 2012.
Second, in terms of industrial distribution, workers in the primary industry are gradually transferred to the secondary and tertiary industries. Employment in the tertiary industry has increased rapidly. 1、 The proportion of employees in the secondary and tertiary industries will be adjusted from 33.5%, 30.4% and 36.1% in 2012 to 22.9%, 29.1% and 48% in 2021. In terms of composition structure, the number of new employment workers represented by truck drivers, online car hailing drivers, couriers, delivery attendants, etc. increased significantly. Data shows that in 2021, there will be about 84 million workers in new forms of employment relying on the Internet platform, and more than 200 million people in flexible employment. The total number of migrant workers will increase from 262.61 million in 2012 to 292.51 million in 2021, which is the first aspect.
2、 From the overall quality of employees
First, the political nature of listening to the Party's words, feeling the Party's gratitude and following the Party is more firm. The staff and workers sincerely support the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, highly recognize the great achievements of the Party and the country, are full of confidence in the bright prospect of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and are enthusiastic about achieving the second century goal and making contributions.
Second, the values of glorious labor, valuable skills and great creation have been strengthened, and many front-line workers have won the title of reform pioneer, people's model and the "July 1st Medal". 11 innovative achievements of front-line workers won the National Science and Technology Progress Award. The majority of workers are generally infected by the deeds of modern labor models, great country craftsmen, time models and other advanced typical figures, and are willing to learn from them. The atmosphere for the whole society to carry forward the spirit of model workers, labor spirit and craftsmanship is even stronger.
Third, the technical quality and skill quality based on post innovation and creation have been significantly improved. The reform of the construction of the industrial workers' team has been comprehensively promoted. Employees have actively participated in vocational education and technical skills training, and experienced multi post training. The development channel has been further unblocked. Technical skills improved steadily. By the end of 2021, the total number of skilled talents in China will exceed 200 million, the number of highly skilled talents will exceed 60 million, the proportion of skilled talents in the total number of employed people will exceed 26%, and the proportion of highly skilled talents in the total number of skilled talents will reach 30%.
3、 From the perspective of employees' aspirations
On the basis of the realization of basic interests, the majority of employees have shown their expectation and yearning for a higher level and higher quality of life. There are also several changes:
First, more and more attention is paid to the realization of their own value in terms of career needs, hoping to have greater space for career development.
Second, in terms of life demand, more and more attention is paid to the balance of work and life, and the demand for spiritual life gradually rises to the demand for mass entertainment, leisure entertainment, cultural consumption and other aspects.
Third, from the perspective of social needs, more and more attention is paid to highlighting fairness and justice, and the most important concerns are employment, education, income distribution and other livelihood issues.
Fourth, in terms of service demand, more and more attention has been paid to personalization and intelligence, and more attention has been paid to the pursuit of personalized life experience and convenient services.
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People's Daily: Please introduce how trade union organizations have protected the legitimate rights and interests of workers through collective negotiation since the 18th CPC National Congress? thank you!
Sorendje answers questions from reporters
Sorendje: Thank you for your question. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, trade unions at all levels throughout the country have conscientiously implemented the important directive of General Secretary Xi Jinping on "improving the consultation and coordination mechanism in which the government, trade unions and enterprises participate, and building harmonious labor relations", and have joined forces with the People's Social Council, the Enterprise Confederation, and the Federation of Industry and Commerce at all levels to implement the collective negotiation plan and the action plan of "stabilizing employment, promoting development, and building harmony", The collective negotiation system plays an increasingly important role in coordinating labor relations and has become an effective mechanism to promote the development of enterprises and safeguard the rights and interests of employees. By the end of 2021, 1.32 million collective contracts had been submitted to the Human Resources and Social Security Department for filing nationwide, covering 120 million employees.
Since 2020, in order to cope with the impact of the epidemic, the trade unions of the affected enterprises have been actively supported, in accordance with the principle of "working together in the same boat to overcome difficulties", to negotiate with the administrative party on a reasonable adjustment of employee compensation and support for enterprises to stabilize their posts and retain workers, and strive to avoid or reduce layoffs, and strive to play a role in stabilizing employment. At the same time, local trade unions explore ways to promote the participation of workers' skill elements and innovative achievements in enterprise distribution through collective negotiation. 8900 enterprises in Jiangsu signed skill incentive collective contracts, covering 1.24 million employees. The collective negotiation on energy level wages in Zhejiang Province was selected as the best practice project of common prosperity in Zhejiang Province. Collective negotiation has become an effective means to improve the remuneration of technical workers and promote the reform of the construction of industrial workers.
Since 2021, in order to effectively safeguard the rights and interests of workers in new forms of employment, trade unions at all levels have focused on the express delivery and takeaway industries, carried out collective negotiation on distribution unit price, salary structure, labor protection, etc., and cultivated a number of typical cases of collective negotiation in industries such as Fujian Sanming Express and Anhui Bengbu takeaway. At the same time, the leading platform enterprises were promoted to strengthen the construction of the negotiation mechanism. The Beijing Federation of Trade Unions guided the trade union of Jingdong Group to carry out collective negotiation and signed the Jingdong Logistics Collective Contract, which defined the minimum wage standards, insurance benefits, performance commissions, labor safety guards and other matters for posts such as couriers and sorters, covering nearly 300000 employees nationwide. The Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions organized takeaway representatives to negotiate with the "Hunglemo" platform on 10 items in 6 aspects, including labor remuneration, algorithm optimization, labor protection, career development, care, and dispute resolution. After reaching a consensus, the agreement was signed and announced to the public, covering the riders of the "Hunglemo" platform in Shanghai.
At the same time, Guangdong and other places have explored and organized truck drivers, online taxi driver representatives and platform enterprises such as Huolala and Ruqi Travel to negotiate around the single machine system, freight rate adjustment, reward and punishment rules, map navigation, appeal channels, etc., build a communication and negotiation mechanism between drivers and platform enterprises, and unblock the channels for workers to express their demands.
In the next step, the All China Federation of Trade Unions will continue to further promote the construction of collective negotiation and other coordination mechanisms for labor relations, focus on building harmonious labor relations with Chinese characteristics, and earnestly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of workers, including workers in new forms of employment.
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Poster reporter: What measures does the trade union organization take to ensure and help the workers who are affected by the epidemic and have difficulty in living?
Sorendje: Thank you for your questions, and thank you for your attention and concern for the assistance work.
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in January 2020, the Federation and trade unions at all levels have conscientiously implemented the important directive spirit of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on winning the battle of epidemic prevention and control and ensuring the basic people's livelihood, closely followed the overall situation of epidemic prevention and control, and actively carried out work around helping and rescuing workers in need, caring for front-line epidemic prevention and control personnel, Send the care of the Party and the government and the warmth of the trade union organization to the hearts of the majority of workers in a timely manner.
By May 2022, trade unions at all levels throughout the country had raised 7.109 billion yuan in total during the epidemic, and 20.3804 million people were helped and comforted. We have mainly done three aspects of work.
1、 We carried out in-depth research and mapping work, organized a large survey on the impact of the epidemic on low-income workers' families across the country, fully grasped the impact of the epidemic on the production and life of workers in difficulty, and included in the filing scope of workers who were unable to find employment due to the epidemic and whose basic living difficulties were caused by declining income at the first time. At the same time, we promoted the introduction of policies to ensure the livelihood of workers in difficulty during the epidemic.
2、 It has successively issued documents on the support and security work for employees in need affected by the epidemic and strengthening the care and care work for employees at the epidemic prevention front line, guiding trade unions at all levels throughout the country to establish a working mechanism to help and protect employees in need, improving the dynamic monitoring mechanism for the family living conditions of employees in need, and earnestly grasping the production and living conditions and needs of employees. We should do our best to help those who are facing difficulties, and we should do our best to help those who meet the conditions for trade union filing.
3、 We will give full play to the role of the central government's special assistance funds and the labor union's warm funds, increase living subsidies for needy workers during the epidemic, and ensure the basic life of needy workers' families during the epidemic. We have paid extensive visits to low-income workers affected by the epidemic, especially those in need, to help solve practical problems in urgent need and to consolidate the achievements of urban workers in need.
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Reporter of Science and Technology Daily: Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, what measures has the All China Federation of Trade Unions taken to promote the building of an army of knowledge-based, skilled and innovative workers? What achievements have been made? thank you!
Wang Xiaofeng Answers Journalists' Questions
Wang Xiaofeng: Thank you for your question. Your question is very important. It should be said that promoting the construction of a knowledge-based, skilled and innovative labor force is an important requirement of General Secretary Xi Jinping for trade unions, and also a work actively promoted by trade unions since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Director Li Zhong has already made some introductions when he released the situation just now. I want to make a little more detailed introductions here.
The All China Federation of Trade Unions has made great efforts to deepen the reform of the construction of industrial workers, promote the construction of a skill formation system for industrial workers, and strive to create a large contingent of knowledge-based, skilled and innovative workers. By the end of 2021, the total number of skilled workers in China will exceed 200 million, accounting for 26% of the 750 million employed people; There are more than 60 million highly skilled personnel, accounting for 30% of skilled workers, including 47 million senior workers, 10 million technicians and 3 million senior technicians.
First, continue to expand staff skills training channels. The economic and technological informatization service platform for Chinese employees will be built from 2018. In 2020, the "Skills Powerful Platform" will be launched. Up to now, the number of people who have learned and trained on the platform has reached 186 million. From 2019, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Science and Technology jointly carried out the overseas training plan for highly skilled leading talents. In 2019, two groups of people went to Germany and one group went to Japan to participate in the training. In September this year, an overseas (German) online training will be organized with the theme of "intelligent manufacturing and advanced manufacturing industry", with a training scale of 100 people.
The second is to extensively carry out professional skill competitions for employees. Since 2013, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology have held three national employee vocational skills competitions; In conjunction with relevant ministries and commissions, it co hosted 28 national first class vocational skill competitions and more than 200 national second class vocational skill competitions. The Administrative Measures for the Awarding of National May Day Labor Medals in Vocational Skills Competition for Employees was formulated to increase support for awarding medals in skills competition.
The third is to actively carry out the evaluation of employees' innovative achievements. Since 2013, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security have jointly carried out three sessions of national staff excellent technological innovation achievements exchange activities. Since 2013, 11 innovative achievements of front-line technical workers nominated and recommended have won the National Science and Technology Progress Award; Recommended employees' invention patents won 1 China Patent Award, 2 Silver Awards and 30 Excellence Awards; Recommend 4 skilled workers to win the National Innovation Competition Award.
The fourth is to constantly improve the display and exchange platform for employees' innovative achievements. From 2013 to 2019, it hosted 7 consecutive "Cross Strait Workers' Innovation Achievement Exhibitions", and successfully held the first innovation exchange conference of great country craftsmen in 2022. General Secretary Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter, which aroused warm response in the whole society and further called for the brand of great country craftsmen.
Fifth, give full play to the benefits of employee innovation subsidies. In 2015, the General Manager set up a staff innovation subsidy fund. Up to now, 248 first-line staff innovation projects have been subsidized, and a total of 41.15 million yuan has been granted.
Sixth, extensively and deeply carry out the creation of innovative studios for model workers and craftsmen. Since 2014, three batches of 297 national model workers and craftsmen talent innovation studios have been created and named, and the establishment of special subsidies has driven the extensive and in-depth development of the creation of national innovation studios. 82000 innovation studios of all levels and types have been created nationwide.
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China Youth Daily: At present, it is hot and hot. How can the trade union promote the implementation of various heatstroke prevention policies, protect the safety and health of workers working at high temperatures, and ensure that they get the high temperature allowance they deserve according to law?
Wang Xiaofeng: Thank you for your question. Because the weather is hot now, all parties in the society pay close attention to heatstroke prevention and cooling in the face of hot weather.
In 2012, the State Administration of Work Safety, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the All China Federation of Trade Unions and other four departments formulated the Measures for the Management of Heatstroke Prevention Measures, which put forward clear requirements for employers who have high-temperature operations and high-temperature weather operations to strengthen labor protection measures, and specific provisions on the conditions and forms of high-temperature subsidies.
First, in June of each year from 2014 to 2022, the All China Federation of Trade Unions issued a notice to deploy heatstroke prevention for workers. In June this year, the All China Federation of Trade Unions issued the Notice on Improving the Work of Preventing and Cooling the Heat of Workers in 2022, which emphasized that the work of preventing and cooling the heat of workers in new forms of employment, such as truck drivers, online car hailing drivers, couriers, delivery and distribution workers, should be highlighted. It is necessary to actively expand the functions of service facilities such as "driver's home", outdoor worker service station, labor union assistance (service) center, etc., to facilitate the summer break of outdoor workers working in hot weather, help solve the problems of outdoor workers' eating, drinking, resting, toileting, etc., and improve the working and rest conditions of outdoor workers working in hot weather.
The second is to conscientiously perform the supervision responsibilities entrusted to trade unions by law. Supervise the employing units to implement the provisions of the Management Measures, improve the working conditions and working environment, reasonably arrange the working time, provide necessary protective equipment, and pay high temperature allowance as required, and urge them to implement the main responsibility of heatstroke prevention.
The third is to incorporate heatstroke prevention into democratic management. Urge the Employer to establish and improve the heatstroke prevention system, negotiate with the Employer on behalf of workers on labor protection matters for high-temperature operations and high-temperature weather operations on an equal basis, and sign a collective contract or special collective contract for labor protection for high-temperature operations and high-temperature weather operations.
Fourth, the leaders of the General Assembly took the lead in carrying out the "cooling" activity, went deep into the grassroots and enterprises to understand the demands of employees, popularized laws and regulations related to heatstroke prevention, and coordinated to solve the practical difficulties of front-line workers at high temperatures. Trade union organizations at all levels, in accordance with the deployment of the President, mainly lead their own teams, go deep into the grassroots and enterprises to carry out various forms of "cool delivery" activities, such as delivering cool supplies, sending policy publicity, sending physical examination, sending legal rights protection.
Fifth, trade unions at all levels throughout the country carried out in-depth publicity and education activities on occupational health knowledge combining "online and offline". On July 22, the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) organized a live broadcast activity of "the chairman of the trade union comes live, and there are cool measures to prevent heatstroke" in the occupational health special area of "the skill power - the national industrial workers' learning community", and invited some vice chairmen of provincial and municipal trade unions, and chairmen of enterprise trade unions to share their practices in doing a good job of heatstroke prevention. In combination with activities such as "Safe Production Month" and "Ankang Cup" competition, trade unions at all levels carried out a series of publicity and education activities that are close to employees and entertaining, further popularizing laws and regulations related to heatstroke prevention and individual protection measures and protection methods.
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Sorendje: Let me introduce the construction of outdoor worker service stations.
In recent years, the trade union has focused on the construction of outdoor workers' service stations. An important starting point is to help outdoor workers solve practical difficulties such as "difficulty in eating, drinking, resting, and going to the toilet", and promote the improvement of their working conditions.
The Federation attaches great importance to the work of outdoor labor service stations. Since 2016, under the deployment of the President, trade unions at all levels have continued to consolidate and make good use of various resources such as trade unions, industry associations, social welfare organizations and caring enterprises to support the construction and development of stations. As of April this year, nearly 96000 stations have been built nationwide, with a total investment of nearly 1.167 billion yuan. Big state-owned banks such as ICBC and CCB have become partners of trade unions. Many local trade unions rely on "small stations" to build "big services", explore the mode of co construction, co governance and sharing, so that outdoor workers can find and come in. Through sinking services, each station will be built into a warm station that cares for outdoor workers, a relay station to spread urban civilization, and a work station where trade unions serve the masses of workers.
Next, we will continue to guide more social forces into the construction of the site, expand the coverage of the site, promote the standardized management of the site, gradually unify the site logo and service standards, and explore the socialized and market-oriented management model of the site. Relying on the Gaode Map, we will collect and present the site data as well as the statistics, processing and analysis of relevant information and data. We will do a practical, detailed and excellent job in various service measures, and provide more convenient and warm services for outdoor workers.
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Reporter from China News Agency: Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, there have been many new social professions in China, such as "delivery delivery clerk", "online taxi hailing driver", etc., followed by security work for these new professions. According to statistics, the number of flexible employees will reach about 200 million in 2021. Please introduce what the trade union has done and what is the latest progress in the establishment and accession of new forms of employment workers and Internet enterprises?
Liu Wei Answers Journalists' Questions
Liu Wei: New employment workers are a new labor force emerging under the new situation of rapid development of platform economy and sharing economy. They are new fields and key objects of trade union work. The General Assembly attaches great importance to the establishment, membership and protection of rights and interests of workers in new forms of employment. As early as 2015, we focused on the logistics (express) industry to carry out the centralized action of migrant workers' membership, and achieved positive results. Since 2018, the Federation has continued to carry out the membership work of eight groups, including truck drivers, couriers and online meal attendants. In 2021, we will further promote new forms of employment such as truck drivers, couriers, online car hailing drivers, and delivery delivery workers to join the Association.
Since 2021, we have focused on the following aspects: first, strengthening the top-level design. The General Administration of Transport intensively issued several documents, and jointly held a teleconference with the Ministry of Transport to deploy and carry out centralized action for workers in new forms of employment to join the trade union. Vigorously promote the mode of "key construction, industry construction and bottom building", and systematically promote the work. The second is to focus on the leading enterprises, take four leading platform enterprises in key industries such as freight, express delivery, online car hailing and delivery delivery as the key points for the membership of the Association. Trade unions at all levels are linked to focus on promoting a series of well-known, influential and representative 12 leading platform enterprises such as Meituan, Didi and Jingdong to take the lead in achieving breakthroughs in the Association. This year, we continue to promote the establishment of the 2021 National Internet Top 100 Enterprises Association. At present, 86 Internet Top 100 Enterprises Association have achieved breakthroughs. Third, increase innovation. Carry out the construction of key groups' membership project system, and strengthen regional (industry) trade union federations. Actively promote online application for membership, collective registration for membership, mobile window membership, on-site membership of staff communication meeting and other convenient ways of membership, carry out online pilot work of truck drivers in Jiangsu and Anhui, and set off a climax of promoting the work of new forms of employment workers' membership by demonstration. According to statistics, in 2021, there will be more than 3.5 million workers with new forms of employment.
In the next step, we will continue to focus on the establishment of new forms of employment workers' membership as the focus of the plenary session, make every effort to overcome difficulties, and strive to achieve the goal of universal establishment of Internet top 100 enterprises by the end of this year, and develop 8 million new forms of employment workers' membership in two years.
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Legal Daily: Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, what has the trade union done to promote and improve the laws and regulations related to safeguarding the rights and interests of employees? What are the main achievements in legal aid? thank you!
Wang Junwei Answers Journalists' Questions
Wang Junwei: I have noticed a detail. You have been raising your hand. I can imagine that you have been paying close attention to the legal work of the trade union. I would like to thank you for your attention and support. Here is a brief introduction to your question.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), trade unions have thoroughly studied and implemented Xi Jinping's thought of rule of law and General Secretary Xi Jinping's important statement on the work of the working class and trade unions, focused on the new requirements of the CPC Central Committee on trade union work, and continued to promote the improvement of laws and regulations related to the protection of workers' rights and interests.
First, promote and cooperate with the revision of the Trade Union Law. Expand the basic responsibilities of trade unions from "safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of workers" to "safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of workers and wholeheartedly serving the masses of workers"; Clarify the right of workers in new employment forms to participate in and organize trade unions; Clarify that trade unions promote the construction and reform of industrial workers and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of industrial workers.
Second, actively participate in labor and related legislation. He has participated in the formulation and revision of many laws and regulations closely related to the rights and interests of employees, such as the Civil Code, the Company Law, the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law, and the Vocational Education Law. We participated in the formulation of the Regulations on Protecting the Payment of Migrant Workers' Wages and the Interim Provisions on Labor Dispatch throughout the process, and safeguarded the rights and interests of migrant workers and labor dispatch workers from the source. For many years in a row, we have continuously promoted the improvement of laws and regulations related to collective negotiation and democratic management of enterprises through different ways.
Third, we should pay close attention to the legislation on the protection of workers' rights and interests in the new form of employment. Special research was carried out around the protection of the rights and interests of workers in new forms of employment, a research report was formed and submitted to the legislature, and efforts were made to solve the difficulties and problems in the application of labor security laws to some workers in new forms of employment. The Guiding Opinions on Safeguarding the Labor Security Rights and Interests of Workers in New Employment Forms was jointly issued with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other departments to clarify the policy basis for safeguarding the rights and interests of workers in new employment forms.
With regard to the effectiveness of trade union legal aid, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, trade unions have given full play to their advantages, integrated and utilized resources, combined with the legal service needs of workers and the masses, continued to carry out extensive legal aid work, and achieved good legal and social effects.
Since 2017, together with the Ministry of Justice and the All China Lawyers Association, the General Assembly has continued to organize and carry out the action of "respecting the law and abiding by the law and working together to build a dream" to provide legal services for migrant workers, and has organized 57000 lawyer volunteers to form 21000 service teams, serving more than 29 million migrant workers. We carried out 73000 on-site public legal service activities, 9000 online legal publicity activities, handled 141000 labor dispute cases, handled 101000 legal aid cases, assisted 290000 migrant workers, and helped recover more than 4 billion yuan of economic losses.
In the next step, based on the basic responsibility of safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of workers and serving the masses of workers wholeheartedly, the trade union will focus on providing legal aid services to workers in new forms of employment, migrant workers, workers in difficulty and other groups, and earnestly safeguard their legitimate rights and interests.
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Zhang Xiaohui: Due to time constraints, that's all for today's question.
Friends of the media, we cannot advance the innovative development of the Party's labor movement cause and trade union work without your support and help. We sincerely welcome you to conduct in-depth interviews and reports on the important progress and remarkable achievements of trade union work since the 18th CPC National Congress, fully publicize the model workers and craftsmen emerging at the grass-roots level, and create a strong atmosphere for the success of the 20th CPC National Congress, The General News Center will wholeheartedly provide security services for everyone and actively cooperate with everyone to do a good job.
This is the end of today's press conference. Thank you!
Source: All China Federation of Trade Unions
