State Council issues guidance on AI and jobs: boost job creation, soften displacement

The State Council General Office issued guidance on adapting to AI and building an employment-friendly development model. It calls for strengthening AI's job-creating effects and easing job displacement. Measures include support for AI startups, open-source communities, new occupations, and jobs from human-machine collaboration in traditional industries.

Why it matters: The guidance asks that AI adoption in labor-intensive industries be paced prudently and encourages firms to set up unemployment buffer periods to help affected workers move to new roles.