China adds 6.78m new jobs in urban regions in H1

Updated: Jul 21, 2023 Xinhua Print

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Candidates look at employment opportunities at a job fair in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. [Photo by Liu Jianhua/For China Daily]

BEIJING - China added 6.78 million new jobs to the labor market in urban regions in the first half of 2023, achieving 57 percent of the annual jobs target, according to data released Friday by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.

In June, the surveyed urban unemployment rate stood at 5.2 percent, the data showed.

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