China sets out 18 tasks to promote jobs as AI advances
Sorted AI25 OctChina's State Council General Office has issued guidelines on adapting to advances in AI to promote employment-friendly development, according to an English summary on the Chinese government website dated 23 October. The guidelines set out 18 tasks in six areas: boosting AI's job-creation potential, making AI adoption more employment-friendly, improving workers' digital skills, enhancing employment services, strengthening labour and social security protections, and monitoring and addressing employment risks. They call for expanding jobs in emerging fields, helping small and medium firms stabilize employment, fostering new forms of work, and strengthening early warning of AI-related job risks. Official figures cited in the piece put China's core AI industry at more than 1.2 trillion yuan in 2025, with more than 6,200 AI companies nationwide.
Why it matters: If you hire or sell into China, expect more pressure to show AI projects create or protect jobs and to fund reskilling; watch how the six areas show up in local labour and procurement rules.
english.www.gov.cn ↗AI-assisted, reviewed by Sorted AI
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