The National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday it would no longer release age group-specific unemployment data starting this month, citing the need to “further improve and optimize labor force survey statistics”.
“Starting in August, the release of urban unemployment rates for youth and other age groups across the country will be suspended,” National Bureau of Statistics spokesman Fu Linghui said at a press conference.
The urban unemployment rate ticked up to 5.3% in July from 5.2% in June.
The jobless rate in 31 large cities and towns ticked down to 5.4% in July from 5.5% in June.
Looking ahead to 2023, the government has set a target for the jobless rate to be around 5.5%, with the objective of creating approximately 12 million new urban jobs.
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