Zhongxin Finance, March 15. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on the 15th, from January to February, 1.63 million new jobs were created in cities and towns across the country.

In February, the national urban surveyed unemployment rate was 5.5%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points from the previous month and the same as the same period of the previous year.

  Specifically, the unemployment rate of the local household registration population survey is 5.5%; the unemployment rate of the migrant household registration population survey is 5.6%, of which the unemployment rate of the migrant agricultural household registration population survey is 5.6%.

The surveyed unemployment rates of the 16-24 and 25-59 age groups were 15.3% and 4.8% respectively.

The surveyed unemployment rate in 31 large cities and towns was 5.4%.

The national average weekly working hours of enterprise employees is 46.7 hours.

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