Abstract: Xi Jinping’s important discourse on the employment priority strategy is the ideological system and wisdom crystallization of the Party Central Committee, with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, always adhering to the Marxist people’s standpoint, placing employment in a prominent position in governance and elevating it to a major national development strategy. Xi Jinping’s important statement on employment priority strategy is rooted in the Marxist labor employment theory, and inherits the relevant statements of previous generation of the CPC leaders on employment. Xi Jinping’s important discourse on the employment priority strategy has profound scientific connotations, including adhering to the comprehensive leadership of the Party in employment work, adhering to the goal orientation of high-quality and full employment, adhering to the promotion of employment through development, emphasizing the promotion of youth employment through education, and providing assistance to disadvantaged groups, etc.. It has five distinct theoretical characteristics: originality, scientificity, populism, development, and practicality.

Key words: Xi Jinping, employment priority strategy, high quality and full employment