China Adds 3.18 Million Urban Jobs In First Quarter, Unemployment Rate Broadly Stable

China added 3.18 million urban jobs in the first quarter of the year, keeping unemployment levels broadly stable, China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency said Friday citing the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.

Unemployment for the first quarter of the year in the world’s second-largest economy stood at 4.04 percent, the same rate as that at the end of 2015, but slightly down from 4.05 percent reported in the first quarter last year.