A job seeker fills in application forms during a job fair at Shanghai Stadium February 4, 2012. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
October 22, 2017
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s unemployment rate has hit its lowest rate in multiple years at 3.95 percent by the end of September, the ministry of human resources and social security said in a statement on Sunday.
From January to September this year, 10.97 million new jobs have been created in China, a growth of 300,000 compared with the previous year, the ministry said in a pre-prepared statement given to reporters.
The figure represents having essentially fulfilled the ministry’s year-end target, the statement said.
(Reporting by Yawen Chen; Writing by Christian Shepherd; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
