The local municipal government spokesman said that six measures are being formulated to stabilize employment. According to a report by China Youth Daily, recently, at the routine press conference of the Shanghai Municipal Government, Chen Qiwei, the spokesman for the Shanghai Municipal Government News Office, said that affected by the international financial crisis, a turning point appeared in October 2008 in the employment situation in Shanghai. Employment conflicts emerged, but overall labor relations remained stable and no large-scale layoffs occurred.