The latest data from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security shows that in the first nine months of this year, 10.57 million new urban jobs were created nationwide, completing 88% of the annual target task; The urban survey unemployment rate in September was 5.2%, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points compared to the previous month. Since the beginning of this year, China has consistently placed the employment priority strategy in a prominent position, and coordinated efforts to promote stable growth, employment, and entrepreneurship. The employment market has shown a good trend of overall stability, structural optimization, and quality improvement. The stable employment situation demonstrates economic resilience and policy effectiveness. The overall stability of the job market is inseparable from a series of precise and effective policy support, which has achieved significant results in stabilizing and expanding employment. This year, China has issued a series of policy documents on further stabilizing and expanding employment, forming a policy combination that covers multiple fields such as finance, taxation, finance, and industry, providing solid guarantees for the stability of the employment market. At present, various regions are focusing on implementing job development and expansion plans, accelerating the implementation of stable employment policies, and continuously releasing policy dividends. Cui Pengcheng, Director of the Policy Research Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, introduced that in the first three quarters, the phased reduction of unemployment insurance premiums reduced labor costs for enterprises by 138.4 billion yuan, distributed stable employment return funds of 19.6 billion yuan, and supported employment promotion expenditures such as training of 16.6 billion yuan, effectively helping enterprises stabilize positions and expand employment. From a regional and market perspective, the eastern coastal areas rely on emerging industries to cluster and continue to play a leading role in absorbing employment; The employment attractiveness of the central and western regions has steadily increased through undertaking industrial transfer and new urbanization construction; The Northeast region has continuously optimized the quality of employment through the revitalization of old industrial bases and the adjustment of industrial structure. Market information also confirms the stability and upward trend of the job market. The talent flow data for the third quarter of 2025 released by 58.com shows that the recruitment demand of enterprises nationwide has increased by 3.4% month on month, and the number of job resumes submitted has increased by 8.4% month on month. Among the top 15 cities in terms of recruitment activity, Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao, Suzhou, and Zhengzhou all saw a month on month increase in recruitment demand exceeding 10%. The synchronous growth of supply and demand reflects the continuous enhancement of liquidity and vitality in the job market, and the gradual improvement of market matching efficiency. The dual growth of supply and demand in the intelligent industry is driven by both policy support and market demand, resulting in a clear trend of structural optimization in the job market. With the deepening of the "Artificial Intelligence+" initiative, AI technology continues to penetrate into segmented fields such as healthcare, finance, logistics, and manufacturing, directly driving the rapid growth of the AI talent market. According to data from Zhilian Recruitment, in the first three quarters of this year, the number of job vacancies in the artificial intelligence industry increased by 3% year-on-year, and the number of job seekers increased by 39% year-on-year. The trend of talent gathering in the AI field has become increasingly evident, and the strong supply and demand situation has injected strong impetus into the upgrading of the employment structure. Ma Wei, assistant researcher at the American Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, believes that "the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology has triggered a profound reshaping of the employment structure, showing a structural change trend of high-end and low-end increasing, and mid-range being squeezed." From different urban situations, first tier cities continue to lead in the demand and aggregation of AI talents. At present, Beijing ranks first in the country in terms of recruitment volume for three major professions: artificial intelligence engineers (mainly algorithm engineers), data annotation/AI trainers, and AI product managers. Shenzhen has over 2600 related enterprises, forming a full chain layout from core technology to terminal products, and there is also a strong demand for artificial intelligence engineers. Xi'an, with the goal of building a national hub city for data circulation and utilization in the western region, has accumulated 1364 data resources and products and attracted 262 data companies to settle in, showing a strong willingness to recruit data annotation/AI trainers. Information technology brings new opportunities to the labor market by restructuring industry task requirements. ”Professor Ning Guangjie from the School of Business at Shandong University believes that on the one hand, the programmatic job changes in the manufacturing industry have led a considerable number of workers to turn to the service industry for opportunities; On the other hand, high skilled workers are attracted by skill premiums to actively move across industries, promoting the formation of a virtuous cycle of "information technology high skilled labor". Integrating resources and providing precise support has always been an important focus in the stable employment policy system, promoting entrepreneurship to drive employment. Huang Junmei, a second level inspector of the Employment Promotion Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, introduced that relevant departments are vigorously promoting four models: "scientific and technological achievements+entrepreneurship", "industrial development+entrepreneurship", "vocational skills+entrepreneurship", and "livelihood needs+entrepreneurship", gathering key resources such as funds, talents, venues, and markets to form a comprehensive entrepreneurship support pattern. A package of entrepreneurship policies and measures for precise drip irrigation. At the policy level, we will continue to clean up and eliminate various industry, regional, and operational barriers, promote integrated services for individual entrepreneurship, improve work efficiency through departmental linkage and online and offline collaboration, and effectively benefit enterprises and the people. Innovative breakthroughs have been made in financial support, implementing special loans for stabilizing and expanding employment. The maximum credit limit for enterprises is 50 million yuan, and the maximum credit limit for individuals is 10 million yuan. At the same time, policies such as entrepreneurship guarantee loans and entrepreneurship subsidies have been fully implemented; The tax and fee incentives will not be reduced, and key groups such as small and micro enterprises, individual businesses, college graduates, and retired soldiers will be given tax and administrative fee reductions for entrepreneurship, comprehensively reducing the burden and loosening the restrictions for entrepreneurs. The integrated entrepreneurship service system provides full support throughout the process. In response to the differentiated needs of entrepreneurial projects in the seed stage, start-up stage, growth stage, and maturity stage, relevant departments provide full lifecycle services, covering core content such as information release, business consulting, training guidance, financing docking, exhibition and communication, to help solve entrepreneurial problems. A large number of entrepreneurial incubation bases are building nests and attracting phoenixes. Fully leverage the policy of funding rewards and subsidies, and mobilize various social resources to invest in the construction of entrepreneurship incubation bases. Currently, there are nearly 10000 entrepreneurship incubation bases across the country, providing physical space, facility guarantees, and industrial chain supporting services for startups. Huang Junmei said that the next step will continue to focus on the main needs of entrepreneurs, optimize targeted assistance policies, encourage and support all types of workers to dare to start, be able to start, and create businesses, and use the multiplier effect of entrepreneurship to drive employment, injecting more sustainable momentum into the job market. (New Society)