Chinanews client, Beijing, July 15 (Reporter Li Jinlei) On July 15, the National Bureau of Statistics announced China's economic data for the first half of the year.
In the first half of the year, 6.98 million new jobs were created in cities and towns across the country, completing 63.5% of the annual target.
In June, the nationwide surveyed unemployment rate in cities and towns was 5.0%, which was the same as in May and a decrease of 0.7 percentage points from the same period last year.
The unemployment rates of the population aged 16-24 and population aged 25-59 were 15.4% and 4.2% respectively.
The surveyed unemployment rate in 31 major cities and towns was 5.2%, the same as in May.
The average weekly working hours of employees in enterprises across the country was 47.6 hours, an increase of 0.3 hours from May.
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