# China issues AI and employment policy covering open source, startups and worker reskilling

> Original title: ✨ China released a new policy on AI & employment

- Source: Julien Chaumond
- Published: 2026-10-23T15:13:13.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/gb4ourlu14me2dct7ce0whbdm
- Original: https://x.com/julien_c/status/2113649956393226700

## Summary

China has released a new policy on AI and employment, according to Julien Chaumond of Hugging Face. The policy supports open-source AI communities, projects and research, and encourages AI startups and AI agent applications. It also promotes enterprise AI adoption while assessing job displacement risks, expands AI education and reskilling, and asks companies to notify and support workers affected by automation.

## Post

✨ China released a new policy on AI & employment
https://www.gov.cn/zhengce/content/202610/content_7084107.htm

Highlights:

• Support open source AI communities, projects & research.
• Encourage AI startups and AI agent applications.
• Promote enterprise AI adoption while assessing job displacement risks.
• Expand AI education, skills training & reskilling.
• Encourage companies to notify and support workers affected by automation .

(via @AdinaYakup)