Job market 2018

At the end of 2018, the number of employed people in China was 775.86 million, and that in urban areas was 434.19 million. The number of newly-created jobs in urban areas reached 13.61 million in 2018, 100,000 more than the year of 2017 and surpassing the government's annual target. The number in 2018 rose for the sixth year in a row above 13 million.

The surveyed urban unemployment rate was 4.9 percent at the year end, 0.1 percentage points lower than the end of 2017. The registered urban unemployment rate was 3.8 percent, 0.1 percentage points lower.

The total number of migrant workers in 2018 was 288.36 million, up by 0.6 percent over that of 2017. Specifically, the number of migrant workers who left their hometowns and worked in other places was 172.66 million, up by 0.5 percent, and those who worked in their own localities reached 115.70 million, up by 0.9 percent.