On the 23rd, Li Xinwang, Director of the Labor Relations Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, stated that a special action will be launched to standardize labor employment and clean up and rectify the order of the human resources market in the near future. The action will focus on addressing prominent issues in labor employment and the human resources market, strengthen guidance for enterprises, protect the legitimate rights and interests of workers, and create a good environment for their employment. Li Xinwang introduced the above situation at the first quarter press conference of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security held on the same day. He stated that in recent years, labor relations have generally maintained harmony and stability. But at the same time, it should also be noted that infringement of the legitimate rights and interests of workers occurs from time to time, and the construction of harmonious labor relations faces some new situations and problems. "We will work with relevant parties to further improve the labor relations negotiation mechanism, dispute resolution, administrative guidance, and supervision and law enforcement mechanism, strengthen the construction of a tripartite coordination mechanism for grassroots labor relations, strengthen labor security supervision and law enforcement, and enhance the awareness of enterprises' lawful employment and workers' lawful rights protection." Li Xinwang said. Flexible employment, especially the protection of the rights and interests of workers in new forms of employment, has received widespread attention in recent years. In July 2022, the pilot program for occupational injury protection was launched and implemented in seven platform enterprises in seven provinces and cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, and Jiangsu. "Over the past year, the overall operation of the system has been stable. We will timely expand the pilot scope and include more new forms of employment in the system guarantee. At the same time, we will actively open up channels for flexible employment personnel to participate in employee pension insurance in their employment areas, improve the level of social security services, and enhance the convenience of insurance participation." Li Xinwang introduced. He stated that the next step will be to guide and supervise platform enterprises to implement policies related to safeguarding the rights and interests of workers in new forms of employment, actively promote relevant guidelines, smooth channels for rights protection services, and continuously improve the legal and compliant employment level of enterprises. At the same time, actively researching and exploring, timely summarizing experiences, continuously strengthening the protection of the rights and interests of workers in new forms of employment, and promoting the standardized and healthy development of the platform economy. (Lai Xin She)