MIIT Outlines Key Employment Promotion Tasks for 2026 with Focus on Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicles

[Policy Update] The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is focusing on unlocking potential and expanding capacity in emerging industries, reinforcing employment as a top priority.

Core Development: Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicles Emerge as a New Engine for Job Creation

The meeting emphasized intensifying efforts to unlock potential and expand capacity in emerging sectors such as intelligent connected new energy vehicles, high-end equipment, and aerospace, while consolidating the employment base in traditional manufacturing industries like light industry and textile and apparel, thereby fostering a virtuous cycle between industrial transformation and higher-quality employment.

Strategic Foundation: Enhancing Enterprise-Led Job Absorption Capacity

By implementing the central government's fiscal support policy for specialized, sophisticated, distinctive, and innovative SMEs and launching the AI-focused SME startup support program, MIIT aims to strengthen the tiered cultivation system for high-quality enterprises, boosting job absorption capacity among technology-driven and innovative SMEs as well as manufacturing “single-champion” enterprises.

Key Measures: Streamlining Industry-Talent Alignment Channels

MIIT will further develop and leverage the national integrated service network for SMEs, utilize national high-tech zones and tech enterprise incubators effectively, enhance alignment between talent supply and industrial demand, and broaden pathways for high-quality employment matching.