2003年中央确定的全年新增就业人员800万人、下岗失业人员再就业400万人(其中“4050”人员再就业100万人)的目标已全部实现。2004年全年就业再就业的工作目标:新增就业900万人,下岗失业人员再就业500万人(其中困难人员再就业100万人),城镇登记失业率控制在4.7%左右。这是劳动保障部部长郑斯林于2003年12月22日在京召开的全国劳动和社会保障工作会议上 In 2003, the central government determined that there will be 8 million newly employed people and 4 million more laid-off and unemployed people (including 1 million more people who have re-employed “4050”) in the year. The target of employment and reemployment in 2004 is 9 million new jobs, 5 million laid-off and unemployed workers (including 1 million for re-employment of hard-working ones), and the registered urban unemployment rate is controlled at about 4.7%. This is the position held by Zheng Silin, Minister of Labor and Social Security at the National Working Conference on Labor and Social Security held in Beijing on December 22, 2003