China says added 13m new jobs in 2015: state planner

Published Tue, Jan 12, 2016 · 02:22 AM

[BEIJING] China's top economic planning agency said on Tuesday it expects the economy to have added 13 million new jobs in 2015.

China also expects GDP growth of around 7 per cent in 2015, Li Pumin, spokesman for the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) told a news conference in Beijing.

He said he expects China to have achieved its main economic targets in 2015.

REUTERS

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