China's National Bureau of Statistics reports youth unemployment rate falls for third consecutive month, 13.2% for 16-24 year olds - Chinese media

On the 17th, the National Bureau of Statistics of China announced the unemployment rate by age group for June. In June, the unemployment rate for 16-24 year olds in both urban and rural areas nationwide was 13.2%, down 1.0 percentage point from the previous month.
The unemployment rate for those aged 25-29 was 6.4%, down 0.2 percentage points from the previous month, and the unemployment rate for those aged 30-59 was 4.0%, unchanged from the previous month. All figures exclude students enrolled in school.
Among these, the unemployment rates for those aged 16-24 and 25-29 declined for three consecutive months. According to the statistics, the surveyed unemployment rate in urban and rural areas nationwide in the first half of this year averaged 5.
The unemployment rate for June alone was 5.0%, unchanged from the previous month, but down 0.2 percentage points from the same month last year.
The bureau said that although the employment situation was generally stable in the first half of the year, structural contradictions remain in the employment system, and certain challenges remain.
The government plans to strengthen policies to promote the