Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 2 nd: The responsible comrades of the Department of Veterans Affairs answered questions on the Opinions on Promoting the Employment and Entrepreneurship of Veterans in the New Era.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Mei Shixiong
On the occasion of the publication of the Opinions on Promoting the Employment and Entrepreneurship of Retired Soldiers in the New Era (hereinafter referred to as the Opinions), the responsible comrades of the Department of Veterans Affairs answered questions from Xinhua News Agency reporters on the main spirit of the Opinions.
1. Why did you issue this Opinion?
A: The formulation of the Opinions is mainly based on the following considerations:
First, it is an important guarantee to unite the morale of the military and achieve the goal of strengthening the military. Without a people’s army, there would be nothing for the people. At present, the situation at home and abroad is undergoing profound and complex changes, and the security environment challenges facing China are very severe. The task of safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests is arduous and arduous, and it is urgent to build a strong people’s army. Retirement and active service are different stages of a soldier’s life. The employment and entrepreneurship of retired soldiers have been done well, and their personal values have been well realized, which not only has a "calming effect" on retired soldiers themselves and their families, but also helps to relieve the worries of the majority of active soldiers, promote them to serve with peace of mind, effectively fulfill the lofty mission of the army in the new era, and help attract more high-quality talents to actively participate in national defense and army building, and truly transform their national defense potential into national defense strength.
The second is the inherent requirement of giving full play to the role of talents and boosting economic development. The army is a melting pot and a big school. After the training and training of the army, the vast number of retired soldiers have excellent political quality, will quality and ability style. At present, there are tens of millions of retired soldiers in China, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers are discharged from active service every year, which is an indispensable and important force in socialist modernization. At the same time, the military occupation has its particularity. After retiring to the local area, soldiers have a process of psychological adjustment, role transformation and ability transformation, which needs support and assistance. Formulate and issue the Opinions, improve the employment and entrepreneurship ability of retired military personnel, help them take a key step in job transition, career transformation and life transition, create conditions for them to integrate into society faster and play their role better, and contribute wisdom and strength to socialist modernization.
2. What veterans are the Opinions applicable to?
A: The Opinions mainly apply to three types of retired soldiers: first, self-employed retired soldiers; The second is to choose jobs independently and turn the army into cadres; Third, demobilized cadres.
3. What are the main features of the Opinions?
A: The Opinions mainly have four characteristics: First, it is an important declaration. For the first time, it is proposed that the employment and entrepreneurship policy for retired military personnel should be given priority, so as to ensure that retired military personnel will be given preferential treatment on the basis of enjoying inclusive employment and entrepreneurship support policies and public services, fully reflecting the concern and care of the party and the government for retired military personnel, and implementing the important instruction of the Supreme Leader General Secretary on "making military personnel a respected profession of the whole society". The second is problem-oriented. A series of policies and measures are put forward to solve the problems existing in different degrees, such as insufficient employment and entrepreneurship ability, insufficient support and imperfect service system. The third is to make overall plans. According to the existing policies and actual needs of various groups of retired military personnel, a relatively unified, standardized and orderly policy system will be gradually established in line with the principle of high and low. Fourth, innovation in inheritance. On the one hand, make full use of the existing policies and continue to adhere to the relevant policies that are generally welcomed by retired soldiers and have good practical effects; On the other hand, the good policies introduced in some areas have become national policies, and the experience and practices in the work have been solidified into policies; At the same time, according to the new situation and new requirements, some forward-looking innovative measures are put forward.
4. What is the general idea of the employment and entrepreneurship of retired military personnel?
A: It is clear in the Opinions that the employment and entrepreneurship of retired military personnel in the new era is guided by Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought of the Supreme Leader in the New Era, and a specific requirement of 32 words is put forward. First, the government promotes and gives priority to policies. The government plays an active role in supporting the employment and entrepreneurship of retired military personnel, and earnestly shoulders its responsibilities in policy support, public service, publicity and guidance, organization and coordination. The second is market orientation and demand traction. In the final analysis, employment and entrepreneurship belong to market behavior. We should give full play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation and improve the pertinence and effectiveness of employment and entrepreneurship services according to market demand. The third is voluntary choice and independent action. The key to promoting the employment and entrepreneurship of retired soldiers lies in their own efforts, speeding up the transformation of their roles and identities, courageously participating in the tide of reform and opening up, and actively participating in socialist modernization. Fourth, social support and multi-party participation. The employment and entrepreneurship of retired military personnel is a systematic project and the common responsibility of the whole society. It is necessary to mobilize the forces of the government, market and society to jointly promote it.
5. What measures are there to improve the employment and entrepreneurship ability of retired military personnel?
A: Promoting the employment and entrepreneurship of retired military personnel is the foundation. In recent years, the state has introduced some targeted measures to strengthen the vocational skills training of retired military personnel and enhance their employment and entrepreneurial ability, but there are also problems such as scattered policies, insufficient preferential treatment, low training quality and inflexible training methods. The Opinions put forward six measures:
First, improve the multi-level and diversified education and training system. Incorporate the education and training of ex-servicemen into the academic education and vocational education system, and rely on educational resources such as ordinary universities and vocational colleges to promote the connection between the education and training of active servicemen and ex-servicemen, and the academic education and skills training complement each other.
The second is to carry out pre-retirement skills reserve training. We will carry out in-depth activities of "sending policies to military camps", strengthen economic and social development and employment situation introduction, policy consultation, psychological adjustment, and "one-on-one" career planning, and strive to turn the qualities tempered by retired soldiers during their service into advantages in employment and entrepreneurship.
The third is to strengthen vocational skills training after retirement. Relax the time limit for participating in free training, and relax the current "you can participate in free training within one year after retirement" to "you can participate at any time after retirement"; Relax the geographical restrictions on participating in free training, and allow cross-provincial education and training with the consent of the provincial veterans affairs department.
The fourth is to implement lifelong vocational skills training. Encourage employers to regularly organize retired military personnel to participate in job skills upgrading and knowledge updating training; Incorporate laid-off and unemployed veterans into special vocational training plans and vocational skills training, and subsidize them according to regulations.
The fifth is to encourage participation in academic education. Encourage all localities to include retired soldiers who meet the requirements for college entrance examination into the enrollment scope of separate examinations in higher vocational colleges; Retired soldiers take part in the college entrance examination and postgraduate examination and enjoy extra care; During their service, military personnel participated in continuing education with open education, self-study exams and other academic qualifications. After retiring, they can continue to complete their studies and obtain the corresponding national higher education diploma.
Sixth, strengthen the management of education and training. It is proposed to establish a catalogue of vocational skills training institutions, training enterprises and institutions of higher learning for retired military personnel, and to make it public and implement regular assessment and dynamic management to ensure the teaching level of training units. Strengthen the assessment of the quality of education and training of training units and establish an incentive mechanism.
6. What measures are there to support the employment of veterans?
A: The Opinions put forward specific measures in terms of relaxing recruitment conditions, broadening employment channels and strengthening employment services.
In terms of relaxing the recruitment conditions, it is clear that organs, social organizations, enterprises and institutions recruit retired military personnel, appropriately relax the age and academic qualifications, and give priority to recruitment under the same conditions.
In terms of broadening employment channels, the first is to increase the recruitment of civil servants. College graduate soldiers who have served in the army for more than 5 years (inclusive) can apply for the position of orientation examination for service-oriented grassroots project personnel after retirement, and share the orientation examination plan for civil servants with service-oriented grassroots project personnel; All localities, especially border areas and deep poverty-stricken areas, have set up a certain number of grass-roots civil servant positions to recruit veterans in combination with the implementation of strategies such as rural revitalization and poverty alleviation; Party and government organs at all levels should pay attention to selecting and transferring outstanding college students with service experience when organizing the work in Selected Graduates; Broaden the channels for recruiting the people’s police of public security organs from retired soldiers such as anti-terrorism special operations. The second is to encourage enterprises to recruit. Enterprises that absorb the employment of retired military personnel can enjoy tax incentives; Enterprises that have made outstanding contributions to the employment of retired military personnel shall be commended and rewarded. The third is to explore new employment channels. Study and formulate a job directory suitable for the employment of retired military personnel, increase the proportion of retired military personnel recruited for service guarantee and security, and give priority to recruiting retired military personnel under the same conditions for auxiliary police posts; Demobilized soldiers are selected to participate in key tasks such as social governance, stabilizing the border, and tackling poverty, and retired soldiers are encouraged to work as full-time staff in the party’s grassroots organizations and urban and rural communities.
In strengthening employment services, it is clear that ex-servicemen enjoy priority treatment in public employment service institutions at all levels, and local people’s governments at or above the county level organize at least two special recruitment activities for ex-servicemen every year. At the same time, it is required to do a good job in follow-up support, establish employment accounts for retired military personnel, implement real-name management, track the employment of retired military personnel, and provide necessary services.
7. What measures are there to support veterans’ entrepreneurship?
A: Entrepreneurship is a higher level of employment and plays an important role in promoting employment. The "Opinions" highlight the guidance and services for retired military personnel who are willing to start a business. The first is to strengthen entrepreneurship training. All localities should organize and carry out entrepreneurship awareness education, entrepreneurship project guidance, enterprise management and other training for retired military personnel with entrepreneurial will, so as to enhance entrepreneurial confidence and enhance entrepreneurial ability. The second is to give priority to providing entrepreneurial places. Encourage the establishment of business incubation bases, creative spaces and business parks for retired military personnel, solve the problems of lack of venues, funds and technology in a targeted manner, and create conditions for their innovation and entrepreneurship. The third is to enjoy financial and tax incentives. Ex-servicemen who set up small and micro enterprises can apply for business start-up guarantee loans and enjoy loan discount according to regulations, and all localities can increase their support in light of the actual situation. Encourage social capital to set up veterans’ venture funds and broaden the channels of fund guarantee. Ex-servicemen engaged in self-employment can enjoy tax incentives. In the next step, relevant departments will also study and improve the preferential tax policies for employment and entrepreneurship of retired military personnel.
8. What measures are there to improve the employment and entrepreneurship service system for retired military personnel?
A: According to the requirements of the new situation and the ideas of platform informationization, team specialization and strength diversification, the goal and structure of service system construction are defined. The first is to build an information platform. Emphasis is placed on the supporting role of information construction in accurate service, and it is proposed to speed up the establishment of a nationwide, real-time sharing and up-and-down linkage information platform for retired military personnel’s employment and entrepreneurship services, and make full use of big data to provide accurate services. The second is to build a guidance team. Give play to the guiding team’s role in career planning, entrepreneurship guidance and employment absorption of retired military personnel, and attract entrepreneurs, experts and scholars with rich entrepreneurial experience, caring for retired military personnel and loving public welfare undertakings to improve the professional level of service guidance. The third is to build a training base. In accordance with the principle of classified management, accelerate the establishment of a regional training base with complementary advantages, resource sharing and special service for veterans, and bring it into the scope of national policy support and give appropriate subsidies. The fourth is to make good use of social forces. Advocate the whole society to participate in the employment and entrepreneurship of retired military personnel, combine the government’s provision of public services, supplementary services from social forces and self-service of retired military personnel, and support social organizations that serve the employment and entrepreneurship of retired military personnel to carry out their work according to law.
9. What measures does the Opinions take to improve and perfect the employment and entrepreneurship mechanism of retired military personnel?
A: There are many departments involved in the employment and entrepreneurship of retired military personnel, and an effective mechanism needs to be established. The Opinions put forward three measures: First, improve the working mechanism. Clarifying the working mechanism led by the Party committee, promoted by the government, led by the veterans affairs department, supported by the relevant military and civilian departments, and participated by all sectors of society, and refining the specific division of labor among departments are conducive to the formation of joint efforts. The second is strict accountability. Take the employment and entrepreneurship of retired military personnel as a political task and incorporate it into the annual performance appraisal of various regions and departments to ensure the implementation of the central policy. Resolutely clean up and correct those who add conditions and raise the threshold outside the central policy; If the policy implementation is not in place and the work is not promoted effectively, timely supervision and supervision will be carried out; Serious violations of policies and regulations, resulting in adverse effects, seriously investigate the responsibility of relevant personnel. The third is to strengthen publicity and education. Emphasis is placed on strengthening the education of retired military personnel’s ideological, political and job-hunting concepts, vigorously publicizing the typical employment and entrepreneurship of retired military personnel, publicizing the advanced deeds of all sectors of society that care for and support the employment and entrepreneurship of retired military personnel, and creating a good atmosphere conducive to the employment and entrepreneurship of retired military personnel.
10. What are the requirements for the implementation of the Opinions?
A: The vitality of the policy lies in its implementation. Even the best policy will be a castle in the air if it is not implemented. It is a very urgent task at present to publicize and implement the spirit of the Opinions, ensure that all requirements are implemented and benefit the vast number of veterans. The next step is to focus on the following tasks: First, strengthen policy interpretation. Publicly report the Opinions through various media, especially on the issues of concern to veterans, and actively solve doubts and doubts, so that the majority of veterans can accurately grasp the spirit of the policy. The second is to refine policy measures. All localities should formulate specific implementation measures in light of the actual situation and implement the requirements of the Opinions in detail. The third is to pay attention to typical guidance. Summarize and popularize the good practices and experiences implemented in various places in a timely manner, and promote the work from point to area. The fourth is to strengthen supervision and inspection. It is necessary to establish a task ledger, insist on tracking and asking for results, evaluate and check regularly, and promote the work in a strong and orderly manner.
