China News Service, July 15. On July 15, the National Bureau of Statistics released data. In the first half of the year, 6.54 million new jobs were created in urban areas across the country. The national urban surveyed unemployment rate averaged 5.7%, of which the average in the second quarter was 5.8%.
In April, the national urban surveyed unemployment rate was 6.1%;
In June, the unemployment rate of the local household registration population survey was 5.3%; the unemployment rate of the migrant household registration population survey was 5.8%, of which the unemployment rate of the migrant agricultural household registration population survey was 5.3%.
The surveyed unemployment rates for the 16-24 and 25-59 age groups were 19.3% and 4.5%, respectively.
The surveyed urban unemployment rate in 31 large cities was 5.8 percent, down 1.1 percentage points from the previous month.
The average weekly working hours of employees in enterprises nationwide was 47.7 hours.
(Zhongxin Finance Li Jinlei)