A doctor provides online treatment for patients through the internet hospital in Beijing Chaoyang Hospital of Capital Medical University in Beijing, Dec 27, 2022. Photo:China News Service

Internet-based platforms have formed a new model to support high-quality employment, which plays an increasingly important role in supporting China's "employment first" strategy, a report released on Monday said. 

In 2022, Tencent's digital ecosystem had 147 new occupations, mainly in the fields of cloud and smart industry ecology, interactive entertainment and marketing.

Among the 74 new occupations released by the country after 2019, new occupations developed by Tencent accounted for about 20 percent, the report said.

Tencent's digital ecology is expected to create 31.8 million new jobs in the coming five years, the report predicted.

The annual Central Economic Work Conference, held in December in Beijing, said that the government supports platform companies in leading development, creating jobs, and playing their full potential in spearheading international competition.

Restoring confidence of platform economy in 2023 will help platform companies create more high-quality jobs. Relying on technological progress, platforms can improve productivity with the help of digitization, networking and intelligence, which will continue to create high-quality jobs, said Zhang Yansheng, chief research fellow with the China Center for International Economic Exchanges.

Tencent recently launched a monitoring station to oversee new careers and employment.

The company said it will link internal and external resources and tell more of employers' stories to show the new trends in career development.

China launched a campaign to offer employment services to college graduates to help them land jobs. The campaign, lasting from November 28 to December 18 last year, organized online and in-person activities, including hiring and assessment, according to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.

Global Times