National Bureau of Statistics: From January to May

China Economic Net, Beijing, June 15th. According to the website of the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to May, 5.29 million new employment nationwide employed.In May, the unemployment rate of urban surveys in the country was 5.9%, a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from the previous month.The unemployment rate of local household registration population was 5.5%; the unemployment rate of foreign household registration population survey was 6.6%, of which the unemployment rate of foreign agricultural household registration population survey was 6.2%.The unemployment rates of the ages of aged 16-24 and 25-59 were 18.4%and 5.1%, respectively.The unemployment rate of 31 large cities and towns was 6.9%.In May, the average weekly working time of employment staff nationwide was 47.2 hours.

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