National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)： In the first half of the year, the implementation of ＂work for relief＂ in various places has driven more than 1.2 million low-income people to obtain

　　CCTV News:According to WeChat official account, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), this year, in accordance with the requirements of "Work Plan on Vigorously Implementing Work-for-Relief in Key Projects to Promote Local People’s Employment and Income Increase" forwarded by the General Office of the State Council, the NDRC, together with relevant departments, has pushed all localities to vigorously implement the policy of work-for-relief in key projects and small and medium-sized agricultural and rural infrastructure construction, fully tapping the employment potential of engineering projects to attract local people, and achieved remarkable results.According to the dispatch, in the first half of 2023, through the implementation of "work for relief" in related construction fields, all localities have absorbed more than 1.2 million people to work for employment, paid 14 billion yuan in labor remuneration, and increased the per capita income by more than 11,000 yuan, effectively broadening the employment channels for rural low-income groups and urban and rural laborers with employment difficulties.

　　Vigorously implement work instead of relief in national key projects.

　　Twenty-five provinces have implemented work-for-relief in 57 national key projects, involving construction fields such as transportation, water conservancy, energy and ecology. At present, 120,000 people have been recruited for employment, and 1.6 billion yuan has been paid for labor services, driving the per capita income to increase by more than 13,000 yuan. For example, Sichuan and Xizang areSichuan-tibet railway Yaan-Linzhi Section ProjectWork-for-relief has been implemented, and more than 20,000 people have been employed, with a per capita income of 26,000 yuan 2. Hunan, Gansu, Xinjiang and other seven provinces (regions) are large.Ecological project of continuous construction and modernization in type-I irrigation areaWork-for-relief has been implemented, attracting more than 4,800 people to work, and it is estimated that 100 million yuan will be paid for labor services. Shaanxi, Ningxia and Gansu are inMiddle Section of the Third Line of West-East Gas Pipeline (Zhongwei — Zaoyang projectWork-for-relief has been implemented, and more than 1,200 people have been employed, with a per capita income of 29,000 yuan 2.

　　Actively implement work-for-relief in special projects invested by the central government.

　　Twenty-six provinces have implemented special projects invested by the central government, including water conservancy, agriculture and rural areas, ecology and urban construction, involving 16 special projects such as rural human settlements improvement, water-saving renovation of medium-sized irrigation areas, and ecological protection and restoration support system. A total of nearly 220,000 local people have been employed, and labor remuneration has been paid 2.5 billion yuan, with a per capita income of 11,000 yuan. Among them, Jilin, Xizang, Hunan and other 22 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) implemented special projects invested by the central government in the field of water conservancy, which absorbed 30,000 people’s employment and increased the per capita income by 15,000 yuan.

　　Full implementation of "work for relief" in various local key projects.

　　Twenty-nine provinces have actively promoted the implementation of work-based relief in various key projects at the provincial, municipal and county levels, involving more than 4,200 projects, including nearly 1,000 key projects at the provincial and municipal levels and over 3,000 key projects at the county level, including agriculture and rural areas, transportation, water conservancy, urban construction, ecology, energy and post-disaster recovery and reconstruction, which has driven 60,000 people to find jobs and paid 8.5 billion yuan in labor remuneration.

　　Vigorously promote the way of work instead of relief in small and medium-sized agricultural and rural infrastructure projects

　　The National Development and Reform Commission, together with the departments of transportation, water conservancy, agriculture and rural areas, cultural tourism, forestry and grass, has instructed all localities to widely adopt the mode of "work instead of relief" in the field of small and medium-sized agricultural and rural infrastructure, so as to further amplify the effect of "relief". In the first half of 2023, 28 provinces promoted "work-for-relief" in more than 5,700 small and medium-sized agricultural and rural infrastructure projects, absorbing 240,000 migrant workers and paying 1.44 billion yuan in labor remuneration.