The State Council Information Office published a white paper titled "Work and Employment Security in Xinjiang" on September 17.
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Full version: http://www.scio.gov.cn/zfbps/32832/Document/1687588/1687588.htm

Summary in Eng . A thread (1/9) https://twitter.com/xinjiangchannel/status/1306420750807519233

From 2014 to 2019, employment in XJ grew 17.2% from 11.35m to 13.30m. The average annual growth in urban employment exceeded 471.2k, of which 148k (31.4%) were in Southern XJ. (2/9)

The average annual transfer of surplus rural labour force was 2.76m person-times, of which 1.67m (60%) were in Southern XJ. (3/9)

In 2019, the number of students in general higher education was 453k, an increase of 146k over 2014; the number of students in secondary education was 1.84m, an increase of 147k over 2014. (4/9)

From 2014 to 2019, the avg. annual training of workers were 1.288m, of which 451.4k were trained in S. XJ. Trainees gained at least one professional skill; most of them obtained a vocational qualification cert, vocational skill level cert or special vocational ability cert. (5/9)

From 2014 to 2019, the per capita disposable income of urban residents in XJ increased from ¥23,200 to ¥34,700 (8.6% avg. annual nominal increase); the per capita disposable income of rural residents increased from ¥8,724 to ¥13,100 (8.9% avg. annual nominal increase). (6/9)

The per capita disposable income of urban residents of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) increased from ¥27,600 yuan to ¥40,700 with an average annual nominal increase of 8.5%. (7/9)

The average annual salary of employees in non-private sector increased from ¥53,500 to ¥79,400 with an average annual increase of 8.4%; the average annual salary of employees in urban private sector increased from ¥36,200 to ¥45,900 with an average annual increase of 5.4%. (8/9)

From 2018 to 2019, 155k workers from poor families in Southern XJ and XPCC have been lifted out of poverty. (9/9)

Document link in the first tweet. Let me know if I made any error in the translation.

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