Unemployment in Britain is essentially an issue of industrial international competitiveness. Due to the decline of British industrial competitiveness, the number of jobs provided by British enterprises has decreased, and a large number of jobs have flowed to other countries. Therefore, when the British economy is further opened up, especially under the pressure of joining the European Union and the European single currency, Britain is facing increasingly fierce international industrial competition. If the international competitiveness of British industry continues to lag far behind other competing countries, the unemployment problem in Britain will become more and more serious. Therefore, not only the Labour Party gave up the policy of nationalization of enterprises, but also the trade unions had to accept the policy of privatization of enterprises in order to enhance the efficiency and international competitiveness of British enterprises.

China's economy is becoming more and more open, and various industries in China are increasingly feeling the pressure of international competition. China's employment and reemployment will increasingly become the international competitiveness of China's industries. Only by enhancing the international competitiveness of industries can China solve the employment problem of large-scale working population. Therefore, China's employment and re-employment policies and measures must be conducive to enhancing the international competitiveness of enterprises, but not weakening the international competitiveness of enterprises.

Solving the problem of laid-off workers and implementing re-employment measures is by no means an isolated problem of arranging surplus labor. It is necessary to avoid taking measures that are not conducive to maintaining and improving the international competitiveness of China's industries simply to alleviate the pressure of laid-off and unemployment. This is a strategic issue related to the long-term situation of labor employment in China. Not only the central government should pay attention to this issue, but also local governments at all levels should pay full attention to this issue, have a scientific understanding of this issue, and incorporate employment and re-employment policies and measures into the long-term development strategy of China and various regions, making overall consideration and overall arrangements.