Research on the Impact of EU Import Policies on China’s Industries and Human Resource Structure

Research on the Impact of EU Import Policies on China’s Industries and Human Resource Structure

The EU market legislation that prohibits products involving forced labor has an adverse impact on China’s industries and human resource structure, such as increasing trade barriers and technical frictions, and changing the economic cooperation model between China and the EU. Affecting the security of China’s industrial chain and supply chain, and hindering China’s economic development; Increasing the compliance risks and labor costs of our enterprises, and weakening the international competitiveness of our products; Significantly increasing the employment pressure in our country and altering the structure of our labor resources. Based on the study of the EU’s import policies and the investigation of the actual situation in China, this article puts forward the following countermeasures and suggestions: Firstly, the government provides policy support, actively facilitating the expansion of the survival space for Chinese enterprises in areas such as law, diplomacy and international cooperation. Then, at the enterprise level, strengthen supply chain management, reduce compliance risks, and enhance the resilience of the industrial chain. The third is to promote the reform of vocational education and the reconfiguration of skills, in order to address the structural contradictions in the labor force and optimize the labor resources. The fourth point is to expand employment channels and promote the coordinated transformation of the industrial structure and the employment structure.