China: vast job creation plan launched

On 25 September, the government and the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party announced a vast 24-point plan to “promote high-quality jobs and full employment”. The official Xinhua press agency insists that this is the first time this has been done under the Xi Jinping administration since 2012. The document stresses the need to tackle the structural problems of unemployment, and in particular the mismatch between certain university courses and the job market. The key role of the...