China's urban unemployment rate was 4.04% at end Sept: labour ministry

Published Tue, Oct 25, 2016 · 02:33 AM

[BEIJING] China's urban registered unemployment rate was 4.04 per cent at the end of September, Ministry Of Human Resources and Social Security said in a briefing on Tuesday.

Premier Li Keqiang said at China's annual parliament in March that China will create 10 million new jobs and hold the urban unemployment rate below 4.5 per cent in 2016.

REUTERS

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