China ’s unemployment rate rose in March in March

Statistics show that in March, China ’s unemployment rate of young people aged 16 to 24 reached 19.6%, an increase of 1.5 percentage points from February.

According to China News Agency, Fu Linghui, spokesman for the National Bureau of Statistics and Director of the National Economic Comprehensive Statistics Department of the National Economic Affairs Bureau, announced the above figures at the press conference of the National New Office on Tuesday (April 18)Essence

In the first quarter of this year, the average survey rate of urban surveys in China was 5.5%, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points from the fourth quarter of last year.In March, the nationwide urban survey unemployment rate was 5.3%, a decrease of 0.3 percentage points from the previous month.

Fu Linghui said that from the perspective of monitoring, the employment market labor participation rate in China has steadily increased since this year, the unemployment rate has decreased significantly in March, and the total number of employment has increased year -on -year.With the recovery of the economy, the activity of the employment market has gradually increased.

"But we must also see that the youth unemployment rate is still rising." Fu Linghui said that in March, the unemployment rate of young people aged 16 to 24 was 19.6%, an increase of 1.5 percentage points from the previous month. The employment structure was increased.Sexual contradictions are relatively prominent. The rise in youth unemployment rates is mainly due to the start of fresh university graduates this year's entry into the labor market to find work.

China officially predicts that the 2023 national college graduates will reach 11.58 million."Fu Linghui said:" For some structural contradictions, such as the problem of unemployment rates of young people, we must also pay attention to the employment assistance of young people, especially college graduates, and promote employment to continue to improve. In particular, to accelerate industrial upgrading as soon as possibleIn the pace, provide more high -quality employment positions. "