In recent months the Chinese government has sought to demonstrate that its efforts over the past two years to ensure closer financial and regulatory supervision of the country's platform economy should be accompanied by measures to support employment in the sector, such as by promoting flexible work. On 7 July, a much-publicised directive from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MORHSS) incorporated gig economy 'odd jobs' in public employment information services.
Shift confirmed in spring. In April this year, a meeting of the most senior figures of the Chinese Communist Party indicated that the refocusing of the gig economy had generally achieved its objectives and underlined its importance both in the fight against the Covid pandemic and in China’s economic recovery. On 7 July, the MORHSS and four other government departments, including the Ministries of Finance and Civil Affairs, issued a special directive to fully incorporate platform economy job adv
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