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On October 23, 2026, the General Office of the State Council issued the Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology to Help Build an Employment-Friendly Development Model, setting out 18 major tasks in six areas. The document proposes strengthening the employment-creation effect of artificial intelligence, building an employment-friendly path for AI upgrading, and establishing an employment risk assessment mechanism for AI applications, requiring that employment risk assessments be carried out simultaneously during review for application scenario projects that may cause a relatively large employment impact; it also requires implementing a special AI training program, improving the social security system for flexible employment and workers in new forms of employment, and improving the employment monitoring, early warning and risk response system for AI applications. Reports on October 27 further mentioned that the Opinions require giving priority to promoting AI applications in positions facing labor shortages and in high-risk environments, steadily and prudently grasping the scope, intensity and pace of their application in labor-intensive industries, and establishing an unemployment buffer period system and an employment risk assessment mechanism. At present, the Opinions have entered the stage of public reporting and interpretation.
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Oct 28
TMTPost · AGI
As the first AI full-process theatrical film hits theaters, the income of grassroots actors and the number of productions starting in Hengdian have fallen sharply
On October 23, 2026, China's first AI full-process feature-length theatrical film to obtain a public screening permit from the China Film Administration, "Sanxingdui: Future Past," was released; in its 100 minutes of footage, all characters are original digital figures. On the same day, the General Office of the State Council published the "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology and Helping to Build an Employment-Friendly Development Model," proposing to effectively mitigate the employment-substitution impact of AI applications. The article cites data stating that in the first quarter of 2026, the number of short dramas starting production in Hengdian plummeted by three-quarters year-on-year, the studio vacancy rate approached 80%, and of the roughly 128,000 micro-short dramas launched across the industry, AI micro-short dramas reached 122,000, accounting for more than 95%.
Yicai
Lao Gan Ma's "AI layoffs" controversy: a public lesson on employment in the AI era
Lao Gan Ma has been caught in a public-opinion storm over rumors that it "used AI to cut 600 workers down to 48," and the company denied it at the first opportunity, but netizens were not convinced. The article argues that even if a company really does use AI to reduce staff, it still has to answer three questions: whether the reduction is necessary, whether the procedure is lawful, and whether responsibility is fulfilled; the General Office of the State Council's recently issued "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology and Helping Build an Employment-Friendly Development Model" provides guidance on this.
East Money
Lao Gan Ma's "using AI to cut 600 workers" rumor sparks controversy: a public lesson on employment in the AI era
Lao Gan Ma has been caught in a public opinion storm over rumors that it "used AI to cut 600 workers down to 48," and though the company denied it immediately, netizens were not convinced. The article argues that even if a company really does use AI to reduce staff, it must answer three questions: whether the reduction is necessary, whether the procedure is lawful, and whether its responsibilities are fulfilled; the General Office of the State Council's recently issued "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology to Help Build an Employment-Friendly Development Model" provides guidance on this.
Shanghai Observer
Shanghai Observer Commentary: Behind the Rumors of Lao Gan Ma's AI Quality Inspection Layoffs, How to Resolve AI Employment Anxiety
Lao Gan Ma has fallen into a public opinion storm after promoting the launch of an AI visual quality inspection system and the reduction of 600 pepper-sorting workers to only 48. The company responded that "laying off more than 500 workers after using AI" is false news, but online sales have dropped significantly. The article points out that data from Layoffs.fyi shows that in the first half of 2026, global tech industry layoffs exceeded 120,000, almost matching the full-year level of 2025. The General Office of the State Council has issued guidelines requiring efforts to enhance the positive effects of AI in creating job opportunities and empowering traditional positions, and to establish an employment risk assessment mechanism for AI applications.
Oct 27
East Money
The General Office of the State Council issues the "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology and Helping to Build an Employment-Friendly Development Model"
The General Office of the State Council recently issued the "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology and Helping to Build an Employment-Friendly Development Model," proposing to enhance the positive effects of AI in creating job opportunities and empowering traditional positions, and to mitigate its job-substitution impact. The Opinions require prioritizing the promotion of AI applications in positions facing labor shortages and high environmental risks, steadily and prudently grasping the scope, intensity, and pace of its application in labor-intensive industries, and establishing an unemployment buffer period system and an employment risk assessment mechanism. The Opinions also propose four new measures, including expanding employment space in emerging fields and fostering the momentum of small and medium-sized enterprises to stabilize and expand jobs, and call for accelerating the development of new occupations in the AI field and carrying out vocational skill level certification.
Oct 26
Yicai
State Council Document Sets the Tone for Mitigating AI Job Displacement, Scholars Propose Solutions
The General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology and Helping to Build an Employment-Friendly Development Model," proposing to enhance the positive effects of AI in creating jobs and empowering traditional positions, and to effectively mitigate its job-displacement impact. The document requires that the scope, intensity, and pace of AI application in labor-intensive industries be grasped prudently and steadily, encourages enterprises to explore an unemployment buffer period system, and improves the income distribution mechanism that adapts to the development of AI technology. Multiple scholars invoked the concept of the "Engels' pause" in discussion, and Cai Fang put forward four propositions including promoting AI equality and cultivating the service industry in advance.
Oct 25
East Money
Yicai Editorial: Establish First, Break Later—Creating Controllable Boundaries for Breakthroughs in AI Applications
The General Office of the State Council has issued the Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology and Helping to Build an Employment-Friendly Development Model, deploying 18 major tasks across six areas, including strengthening AI's job-creation effects, building an employment-friendly path for AI upgrading, and improving workers' digital literacy and employability. The article argues that the Opinions convey a belief in AI development of establishing first and breaking later, aimed at reducing AI's direct impact on the job market and creating controllable boundaries for breakthroughs in applications.
Yicai
Yicai Editorial: Establish First, Then Break Through — Creating Controllable Boundaries for Breakthroughs in AI Applications
The General Office of the State Council has issued the "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology and Helping to Build an Employment-Friendly Development Model," deploying 18 major tasks across six areas, including strengthening AI's employment-creation effect. The article holds that the Opinions convey a belief in AI development of establishing first and then breaking through, aimed at creating controllable boundaries for breakthroughs in AI applications and guiding workers to improve their digital literacy and form mutually beneficial efficiency combinations with AI.
Oct 24
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The General Office of the State Council issued guiding opinions, requiring efforts to mitigate the employment substitution impact of AI applications
The General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology and Helping Build an Employment-Friendly Development Model," proposing to enhance the positive effects of AI in creating job opportunities and empowering traditional positions, while mitigating the employment substitution impact brought by its application. The document requires prudently managing the scope, intensity and pace of AI application in labor-intensive industries, encouraging enterprises to explore the establishment of an unemployment buffer period system, and, in large-scale rollout, to inform affected workers in advance and provide support for career transitions and job reassignment. The opinions also propose leveraging the role of government investment funds such as the National Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund, building high-level AI open-source communities, and expanding demand for new occupations such as digital management specialists, AI engineering technicians, and AI trainers.
East Money
Xiong Bingqi: In the AI era, employment-friendly development must move beyond replacement thinking
In the commentary, Xiong Bingqi analyzes the Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology to Help Build an Employment-Friendly Development Model issued by the State Council. The document proposes tapping the AI employment potential of traditional sectors, mitigating the employment substitution impact of AI applications, and encouraging enterprises to establish unemployment buffer periods, notify workers in advance, and provide support for job transfers and transitions. The article argues that when an enterprise replaces an old position, it should simultaneously create a new one, rather than only cutting jobs, and suggests exploring employment models that improve efficiency without reducing staff and raise quality while shortening working hours.
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When AI starts writing code, what kind of programmers are still needed?
A BairesDev survey of 705 developers shows that AI saves them an average of 13 hours of coding time per week, nearly double that of a year ago, but 67% of respondents say the time spent reviewing AI-generated code has instead increased. 42% of developers say AI is already involved in writing at least half of the code, compared with only 12% a year ago; Lightcast data shows that mentions of Python in software engineer job postings rose from 14% to 41%, and communication skills from 33% to 42%.
Yicai
State Council document issued to mitigate AI employment substitution impact; first-tier city housing prices stabilize | Weekly hot spot review
The General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology and Helping Build an Employment-Friendly Development Model," deploying 18 tasks in 6 areas, explicitly requiring effective mitigation of the employment substitution impact of AI applications and the establishment of an employment risk assessment mechanism for applications. In September, month-on-month sales prices of new commercial residential housing and second-hand residential housing in first-tier cities rose or remained flat for seven consecutive months; Shanghai second-hand housing prices rose 0.5% month-on-month and 0.8% year-on-year, making it the only city among the 70 cities to turn positive year-on-year. GDP grew 4.6% year-on-year in the first three quarters, with 4.5% growth in the third quarter, rebounding 0.2 percentage points from the second quarter.
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Oct 23
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The General Office of the State Council issues opinions, deploying 18 tasks across 6 areas to mitigate the impact of AI job displacement
The General Office of the State Council recently issued the "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology and Helping Build an Employment-Friendly Development Model," deploying 18 major tasks across 6 areas. The tasks include accelerating the development of new occupations in the AI field, establishing an employment risk assessment mechanism for AI applications, implementing a special AI training program, and improving the employment monitoring, early warning, and risk response system for AI applications. The document requires all regions and relevant departments to earnestly implement it in light of actual conditions and to take the employment impact of AI applications into overall consideration.
Smart City Industry Analysis
The General Office of the State Council issues opinions on AI employment-friendly development, deploying 18 measures
The General Office of the State Council publishes the "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology to Help Build an Employment-Friendly Development Model" (Guobanfa [2026] No. 29), deploying 18 tasks across 6 areas and requiring that the employment impact of AI applications be considered in a coordinated manner. The document proposes prioritizing the promotion and application of artificial intelligence in positions with labor shortages and high environmental risks, steadily and prudently grasping the scope, intensity, and pace of its application in labor-intensive industries, and conducting employment risk assessments in parallel during review for application scenario projects in market access fields that may cause a relatively large employment shock. The document also encourages enterprises to explore establishing an unemployment buffer period system, notifying affected workers in advance and providing support for transition and job reassignment, and incorporates the employment risks of AI applications into the scope of response under the mechanism for preventing and resolving the risk of large-scale unemployment.
Yicai
State Council General Office issues opinions, deploying 18 tasks across 6 areas to address the employment impact of artificial intelligence
The General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology to Help Build an Employment-Friendly Development Model," deploying 18 major tasks across 6 areas. The opinions propose expanding new space for AI employment in emerging fields and accelerating the development of new occupations in the AI field, while requiring a steady and prudent grasp of the scope, intensity, and pace of AI application in labor-intensive industries, and establishing a mechanism for assessing the employment risk of AI applications.
East Money
The General Office of the State Council issues opinions, deploying AI development and an employment-friendly development approach
The General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology to Help Build an Employment-Friendly Development Approach," making arrangements for related work. The document proposes deepening implementation of the "AI+" initiative, encouraging the eastern region to lay out core AI industries, the central and western regions to take on upstream and downstream industries such as data annotation and intelligent terminal manufacturing, and leveraging the role of the National Venture Capital Guidance Fund, the National Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund, and others to support AI enterprises. The document also requires promoting the human-machine collaboration model, steadily and prudently grasping the scope, intensity, and pace of AI application in labor-intensive industries, and encouraging enterprises to explore establishing an unemployment buffer period system.
Cailian Press
State Council General Office issues opinions deploying 18 tasks in 6 areas to build an employment-friendly AI development approach
The General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology and Helping Build an Employment-Friendly Development Approach," deploying 18 major tasks in 6 areas. The document proposes expanding new space for AI employment in emerging fields, accelerating the development of new occupations in the AI field, and establishing an employment risk assessment mechanism for AI applications, conducting employment risk assessments in tandem during review for application scenario projects that may cause a relatively large employment shock. The document also requires steadily and prudently grasping the scope, intensity, and pace of AI application in labor-intensive industries, and encourages enterprises to explore establishing an unemployment buffer period system.
Yicai
State Council Office document encourages eastern regions to lay out core AI industry
The General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology and Helping to Build an Employment-Friendly Development Model," proposing to encourage eastern regions to lay out the core AI industry and guide central and western regions to undertake upstream and downstream industries such as data annotation and intelligent terminal manufacturing in light of local conditions. The document also requires accelerating the cultivation of AI-native enterprises and specialized, refined, distinctive and innovative "little giant" enterprises, and including eligible enterprises within the scope of support from special loans for financial assistance to enterprises to stabilize and expand employment as required.
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The General Office of the State Council issues the "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology and Helping to Build an Employment-Friendly Development Model"
The General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology and Helping to Build an Employment-Friendly Development Model", deploying 18 major tasks in 6 areas. The document proposes strengthening AI's employment creation effect, building an employment-friendly path for AI upgrading, and establishing an employment risk assessment mechanism for AI applications, requiring that for application scenario projects that may cause a relatively large employment impact, employment risk assessments be carried out simultaneously during review. The document also requires implementing a special AI training plan, improving the social security system for flexible employment and workers in new forms of employment, and improving the employment monitoring, early warning, and risk response system for AI applications.
Shanghai Observer
The General Office of the State Council issued opinions, deploying an employment-friendly development model that adapts to AI development
The General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Adapting to the Development of Artificial Intelligence Technology and Helping Build an Employment-Friendly Development Model," deploying 18 major tasks in 6 areas. The tasks include strengthening AI's job-creation effect, building an employment-friendly path for AI upgrading, improving workers' digital literacy and employability, improving worker rights protection and the social security system, and improving the AI application employment monitoring, early warning and risk response system. The document requires human resources and social security departments and development and reform departments at all levels to strengthen overall coordination and promote policy implementation.
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