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China to Hold Unemployment Rate Within 4.6% in 2010

iconMar 5, 2010 09:01
Source:SMM

BEIJING, Mar. 5 (Xinhua) -- China plans to keep the urban registered unemployment rate no higher than 4.6 percent and create over 9 million new jobs in urban areas this year, according to a government work report to be delivered by Premier Wen Jiabao here Friday.

China created 11.02 million new jobs in urban areas in 2009 amid the lingering financial crisis, while the country's urban unemployment rate stood at 4.3 percent, with 9.21 million people being registered to be unemployed.

 

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