On November 15, Fu Linghui, spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics, stated at a press conference that from January to October, 11.33 million new jobs were created in cities and towns across the country, completing the annual target tasks ahead of schedule.
In October, the nationwide surveyed unemployment rate in urban areas was 4.9%, which was the same as last month, and was lower than the same period of the previous year and the same period in 2019. Among them, the urban surveyed unemployment rate of 25-59 year olds was 4.2%, which was at a low level. .
(Wang Shibo produced Liu Peng)
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