China’s employment and re-employment situation remains tough with a surge this year in the number of graduates hitting the job market and in unemployment in general, senior official said.
The country’s registered average unemployment rate in urban areas reached 4 percent last year and is expected to go higher this year, Labour and Social Security Minister Zhen Silin told Xinhua yesterday.
There are nearly 14 million laid-off workers in urban areas so far. And more than 11 million new graduates are predicted to enter the work force, Zheng said.
To make things worse, the nation’s agricultural adjustment has forced more than 151 million rural workers to quit farming. Many of them will head to the cities to seek employment, posing uncertainties for the State, he said.
Zheng, who was appointed as the minister during the first session of the 10th Nation al People’s Congress in March, has urged his departments nationwide to do more
A. Less than 4 %.
B. About 4%
C. More than 4%.
D. The information is not given.
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