China added 8.22 million new urban jobs from January through July, roughly 74.7 percent of the nation's annual target, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.
国家统计局8月16日发布数据称,1-7月份,全国城镇新增就业822万人,完成全年目标的74.7%。
The surveyed unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in July, up 0.1 percentage point from a month earlier.
7月份,全国城镇调查失业率为5.1%,比6月份上升0.1个百分点。
The rate was 16.2 percent and 4.2 percent for the 16-24 and 25-59 age groups, respectively, the bureau said.
16-24岁人口、25-59岁人口调查失业率分别为16.2%、4.2%。
Further, weekly working hours for employees of enterprises was 47.7 hours, from 47.6 in June, it added.
全国企业就业人员周平均工作时间为47.7小时,比6月份增加0.1小时。