China’s survey-based jobless rate falls to fifteen-year low in 2017
China's official unemployment rate has remained generally stable despite slowing economic growth and the government forging ahead with plans to cut back industrial capacity.
China created a “record-high” 13.51 million new jobs in 2017, a growth of 370,000 compared with the previous year. (Representational photo)
China’s survey-based jobless rate fell to 3.9 percent in 2017 – the lowest since 2002 – as the country witnessed its first economic rebound in seven years, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said on Friday.
China created a “record-high” 13.51 million new jobs in 2017, a growth of 370,000 compared with the previous year, according to an official transcript of a press briefing held by the ministry published online.
Lu aihong, a spokesperson at the ministry, said employment prospects would become more “complicated” in 2018 due to “still abundant” economic uncertainties both at home and abroad, but he was hopeful the labour market would remain stable overall.
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