China Says Youth Employment Improving But Provides No Proof
- Beijing halted releasing unemployment data for 16-24 year olds
- President Xi limiting access to data sensitive to economy
An employee on an assembly line for refurbished computer consoles in Shanghai.
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China’s youth employment advanced last month, the statistics bureau said, while still declining to publish the jobless rate after abruptly halting that data last month.
“Youth employment showed a marked improvement in August,” said National Bureau of Statistics spokesman Fu Linghui, citing data from unspecified government departments and the NBS’s research. That indicated supportive measures for young people were gradually taking effect, he added at a briefing in Beijing on Friday.