Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council: Online shopping, express delivery, etc. have grown rapidly against the trend, driving traditional industries and employment

On March 11, after the four sessions of the 13th National People’s Congress closed, Premier Li Keqiang attended a press conference in the Great Hall of the People’s Congress. When answering questions from Chinese and foreign journalists, he pointed out that the momentum of online mail order and express delivery has increased rapidly, which has promoted employment and The development of traditional industries. When talking about the goal of new urban employment this year exceeding 11 million people, Li Keqiang pointed out that employment still needs to let the market play the leading role, that is, continue to protect employment by protecting market players. On the one hand, we will promote stable work and increase jobs, and on the other hand, we will expand employment channels. New changes have taken place in the way of employment during the epidemic last year. In recent years, we have developed new momentum, such as online mail order, express delivery, etc. The momentum has increased rapidly, and employment and traditional industries have also developed. On the one hand, we must continue to encourage the increase of relatively stable jobs. On the other hand, we should open up flexible employment channels.

Li Keqiang pointed out that flexible employment in China is currently on the rise, involving more than 200 million people. Some people work very hard alone, so we should give them social security subsidies, especially the use of mechanisms to solve possible occupational injury problems, and provide them with basic rights and interests protection. This is also conducive to a healthier and more stable development of the flexible job market. According to statistics from the National Post Office, the total express delivery business volume in 2020 will reach 83.36 billion pieces, an increase of 31.2% over the previous year. We have created more than 200,000 new jobs in the society, supported online retail sales of more than 10 trillion yuan, emphasized the role of economic and social development, actively contributed to the six stabilization work, and fully implemented the six guarantee tasks. It is estimated that 150 pieces of express delivery can stabilize one person‘s employment, and the express delivery industry has more than 200,000 new jobs every year. The increase in the number requires the support of a large number of courier brothers, the laying of the end website requires manpower protection, and the expansion of the service field also requires a new workplace. In answering reporters’ questions, Premier Li Keqiang gave the postal express industry a new positioning for the development of new kinetic energy, fully affirmed the rapid growth of online mail order and express delivery, and highly praised the promotion of employment and the development of traditional industries. The industry’s concern and encouragement to provide better services for the postal express industry said Ma Junsheng, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the National Post Office.

The reporter found that this is the Prime Minister’s intention to advertise new professional status such as online mail order, express delivery, and promoted e-commerce since 2015. In 2019, when answering questions related to Internet + development and the sharing economy, electrical suppliers and express delivery have treated industrial products. Villages and agricultural products enter the cities to further play the role of active circulation. After the momentum of new occupations such as online mail order and express delivery increases in 2020, the fourth time the national press conference after the two sessions affirmed the role of the express delivery industry. Li Keqiang is concerned about the development of the postal industry. After the 2014 government work report first proposed express delivery, the prime minister has had numerous close contacts with the postal industry during forums, national events, press conferences, express company dial-up centers, and website surveys. From the Prime Minister’s willingness to be the spokesperson for express delivery to two high-level policies, the “Interim Regulations on Express Delivery”, the administrative regulations of the State Council, the “Opinions of the State Council on Promoting the Development of the Express Industry”, and the “Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Promoting the Development of E-commerce and Express Logistics Cooperation”. File, the Prime Minister added the love of China Express.