How can fishermen ＂walk ashore and stand firm＂？ Here comes the ＂four batches＂

　　CCTV News:The State Council Press Office held a routine briefing on the State Council policy at 10: 00 am on July 15th, 2020. Yu Kangzhen, Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and responsible comrades of the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the State Administration of Market Supervision introduced the Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Work Related to the Prohibition of Fishing in the Yangtze River Basin and answered questions from reporters.

　　Implementing the ban on fishing in key waters of the Yangtze River basin and guiding fishermen to retreat and switch to production involves the orderly retreat of more than 100,000 legally licensed fishing boats, which is related to the resettlement guarantee for nearly 300,000 fishermen.

　　A reporter asked that the retired fishermen are faced with the problem of changing jobs after landing, and most of them are older and single-skilled. What channels will the human resources and social security department use to realize the employment of the retired fishermen?

　　Song Xin, deputy director of the Employment Promotion Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, said that it is an important part of the ban on fishing to do a good job in resettling retired fishermen and let them go ashore and stand firm. Most of the fishermen who have retired are older, and their skills are relatively simple. Coupled with the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, it is not difficult to change jobs. In terms of employment channels, it can be summarized as "four batches".

　　The first is to develop industries and resettle a number of them.Relying on the ecological advantages of resources along the Yangtze River and the lake, we will give full play to the technical expertise of these retired fishermen in aquatic fishing, and vigorously develop fish-related industries such as rice and fish comprehensive breeding, pond culture, aquatic product processing, leisure fisheries, and increase industrial employment space. At the same time, it also adopts a market-oriented operation mode, carries out ecological protection and restoration in the suitable lake area, and attracts retired fishermen to participate in resource conservation.

　　The second is to resettle a number of migrant workers.Fully explore local employment channels such as agricultural production, engineering construction, enterprise absorption, poverty alleviation workshops, etc. For retired fishermen who are willing to change jobs, increase job promotion, job introduction and career guidance, carry out vocational training on a large scale, improve the employment ability of retired fishermen, and help them realize their employment change as soon as possible.

　　The third is to support entrepreneurial resettlement.We will provide entrepreneurship training, entrepreneurship guidance and follow-up services to retired fishermen who are willing to start businesses in fisheries and other fields, and also support the establishment of a number of distinctive fishery entrepreneurship incubation bases in various places. If the retired fishermen start businesses for the first time and operate normally for a certain period of time, they will be given a one-time entrepreneurship subsidy in accordance with the regulations. For those who lack self-financing, they will be instructed to implement the entrepreneurship guarantee loan policy in a timely manner.

　　The fourth is to help and resettle a batch.For some retired fishermen who are older and have not been employed for a long time, they will be identified as people with employment difficulties in time, and provide "one-on-one" assistance services and targeted policy assistance. For those who are really difficult to find employment through market channels, they will coordinate the resettlement work of retired fishermen and the requirements of the ban on fishing supervision, and guide the retired fishermen to participate in the inspection and supervision work through government purchase of services.

　　Song Xin said that in the next step, together with agriculture, rural areas, development and reform, and financial departments, the resettlement of retired fishermen will be regarded as a major political task, and various measures will be taken to strengthen policy implementation, and efforts will be made to help retired fishermen go ashore for employment, so that retired fishermen can start a new happy life through their own labor.