State Council acts to add jobs

A series of measures were issued by the State Council on Tuesday to stimulate employment, including expanding taxation reduction and exemption policies to cover sole-proprietorship enterprises.

The decision was made at the council's weekly executive meeting, presided over by Premier Li Keqiang.

A news release after the meeting said, "Faced with growing pressure on employment this year, we have to launch more active employment policies and give full support to mass entrepreneurship and innovation."