China News Service, September 16. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on the 16th, from January to August, 8.98 million new jobs were created in cities and towns across the country.
In August, the national urban surveyed unemployment rate was 5.3 percent, down 0.1 percentage point from the previous month.
The unemployment rate of the local household registration population survey was 5.3%; the unemployment rate of the migrant household registration population survey was 5.3%, of which the unemployment rate of the migrant agricultural household registration population survey was 5.0%.
The surveyed unemployment rate of the population aged 16-24 was 18.7%, a decrease of 1.2 percentage points from the previous month; the surveyed unemployment rate of the population aged 25-59 was 4.3%, the same as the previous month.
The surveyed unemployment rate in 31 large cities and towns was 5.4%.
The national average weekly working hours of enterprise employees was 48.0 hours.
(Zhongxin Finance)