In the first 4 months, 4.37 million new jobs were created in cities and towns across the country

　　Chinanews client, Beijing, May 17 (Reporter Li Jinlei) On May 17, the National Bureau of Statistics released China's economic data for April.

From January to April, 4.37 million new jobs were created in cities and towns across the country.

In April, the nationwide surveyed unemployment rate in urban areas was 5.1%, a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from March and a decrease of 0.9 percentage points from the same period last year.

The unemployment rates of the population aged 16-24 and population aged 25-59 were 13.6% and 4.6% respectively.

The urban surveyed unemployment rate in 31 major cities was 5.2%, a decrease of 0.1 percentage point from March.

The average weekly working hours of employees in enterprises across the country is 46.4 hours.