Upgrading skills to boost job prospects

Workers get opportunity to broaden expertise as colleges expand courses

The State Council's decision to upgrade workforce skills and expand enrollment for vocational colleges has been lauded by experts as a move that will beef up employment and speed up economic transformation.

The cabinet decided at an executive meeting on April 30 that the country will use 100 billion yuan ($14.8 billion) from the balance of the Unemployment Insurance Fund to launch a campaign to improve the skills of workers, according to a statement released after the meeting.