中国经济正处于向高收入国家行列迈进的关键阶段。由于经济发展阶段的变化,就业政策的重点也应做相应调整。在刘易斯转折点之前,岗位创造和劳动力区域流动是就业工作的重点领域。在经济发展新常态下,中国经济越来越受到人口老龄化、对就业质量的要求、资本报酬递减等诸多因素的约束,提升生产率更成为未来经济发展的核心。相应地,产业政策和就业政策的重点应该致力于经济结构和就业结构的调整,以及由此推动的生产率提升。劳动力市场政策改革的方向也应该围绕这一核心展开。
China has been facing with a crunch time to be a high-income country. At the new stage of economic development, employment policies need to be adjusted accordingly. Prior to the Lewis turning point, China correctly prioritized the employment policies on job creation and promotion to regional labor mobility. At the new stage, the economic growth has been increasingly constrained by population aging, demand for job quality and diminishing returns to capital, which implies that the economic development should be centered at productivity improvement. Both sectoral and labor policies should facilitate structural changes in economy and employment, which is believed as the sources of productivity growth