China unemployment: Beijing’s regulatory crackdowns pose yet another hurdle for young urban jobseekers
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Sep 16 2021 at 3:00 AM GMT
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- Roughly one out of every seven young urban workers in China remains unemployed, as Beijing’s regulatory crackdowns on key industries are adding further pressure on the nation’s weak jobs sector amid more signs of a broad economic slowdown, according to the latest economic data.
- The official figures indicate that the surveyed jobless rate for workers aged 16 to 24 – which includes most high school and college graduates – hit 15.3 per cent in August, the National Bureau of Statistics said on….
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- Published Sep 16, 2021 3:00 AM GMT