Opinions of the General Office of the State Council 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 opinions proposing policy arrangements to adapt to the development of artificial intelligence technology and build an employment-friendly development model. The opinions require that for AI application scenario projects in market access areas that may cause a relatively large employment impact, an employment risk assessment be carried out simultaneously during review, and that other areas conduct assessments in light of actual conditions; enterprises are encouraged to explore an unemployment buffer period, notifying affected workers in advance and supporting job transfers when AI is applied on a large scale. The document also requires regulating the use of AI in human resource management, governing in accordance with the law employment discrimination, false recruitment, and infringement of privacy and rest rights caused by algorithm abuse, and incorporating AI employment risks into the response to large-scale unemployment risks.