Zhongxin Finance, June 15. On June 15, the National Bureau of Statistics released data that from January to May, 5.29 million new jobs were created in cities and towns across the country.
In May, the national urban surveyed unemployment rate was 5.9%, down 0.2 percentage points from the previous month.
The unemployment rate of the local household registration population survey is 5.5%; the unemployment rate of the migrant household registration population survey is 6.6%, of which the unemployment rate of the migrant agricultural household registration population survey is 6.2%.
The surveyed unemployment rates for the 16-24 and 25-59 age groups were 18.4% and 5.1% respectively.
The surveyed unemployment rate in 31 large cities and towns was 6.9%.
In May, the average weekly working time of employees in enterprises nationwide was 47.2 hours.