Registered unemployment rate fell to a multi-year low in China

Beijing. Jul 26. Silkroadnews - The level of employment in China has been steadily growing in the first half of the year, while the level of unemployment registered in the country has decreased to 3.83%, said spokesman for the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Services, Lu Aihong, Sina.com writes.
Lu said, from January to June, 7.52 million new jobs were created in the cities, which is 170,000 more than in the same period last year.
The registered unemployment rate in the cities was 3.83% at the end of March, which is a multi-year low, and at the end of June 2017 it was 3.95%.
Figures also showed that by the end of the second quarter the total number of rural migrant workers in the country reached 180 million, an increase of 1.49 million compared to the same period last year or an increase of 0.8%, the official said, adding “this is also very encouraging.”
Lu also said that some of the 8.2 million college graduates this year did not find a job. The Ministry is taking measures to promote the employment of college graduates, including a system for registering the unemployed, as well as targeted training and other services, Lu said.