Original title: National Bureau of Statistics: The urban surveyed unemployment rate of the 16-24-year-old labor force (excluding school students) has dropped for 4 consecutive months
China Youth Daily Client Beijing, January 17 (China) Youth Daily·China Youth Daily trainee reporter Zhao Limei, reporter Zhang Junbin) "Employment is the foundation of people's livelihood and the source of income." Today, at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office Fu Linghui, spokesman of the National Bureau of Statistics and director of the Department of Comprehensive National Economic Statistics, said that with the end of the graduation season, the employment pressure of young people has eased after July 2024. In December 2024, not including school students The surveyed urban unemployment rate among the 16-24-year-old labor force dropped by 0.4 percentage points from last month, and this was the fourth consecutive month of decline.
Fu Linghui said that from the overall situation, the national urban surveyed unemployment rate in 2024 is stable and declining. The average national urban surveyed unemployment rate in 2024 is 5.1%, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points from the previous year. From a quarterly perspective, the four quarters of 2024 will be 5.2%, 5.0%, 5.2%, and 5.0% respectively, which will remain basically stable overall. The urban surveyed unemployment rate for 2024 is 5.1%, which has been at a relatively low level in recent years, which also shows that the overall employment situation has remained basically stable.
“From the perspective of key groups, the employment status of major key groups has improved. For example, the employment of key groups such as migrant workers, young people, and people with employment difficulties has generally shown an improvement trend.” Fu Linghui introduced , judging from the situation of migrant workers, the average urban surveyed unemployment rate of migrant agricultural registered laborers in 2024 is 4.6%, a decrease of 0.3 percentage points from 2023. The total number of migrant workers will increase by 2.2 million in 2024 compared with the previous year, an increase of 0.7%. From the perspective of groups with employment difficulties, as of the end of 2024, the number of employed people who have been lifted out of poverty nationwide will exceed 33 million, exceeding the annual target and exceeding 30 million for four consecutive years.
Fu Linghui said that the economy has indeed faced some difficulties in the past year, but the stability of employment is mainly due to the expansion of the economic aggregate, which will inevitably require a corresponding increase in employment. At the same time, the service industry has a relatively large employment capacity. In recent years, the service industry has played a very important role in stabilizing employment. In 2024, the proportion of my country's service industry in GDP will continue to increase, an increase of 0.4 percentage points from the previous year, and the proportion of the service industry in GDP will reach 56.7%. Judging from the average annual number of employment in the service industry, there will be an increase of more than 7 million people in 2024 compared with the previous year. Among them, employment in wholesale and retail, accommodation and catering, information transmission, leasing and business services industries has increased significantly. In addition to the expansion of the economic aggregate, the growth of employment capacity in the service industry, and the continued implementation of employment priority policies, they have played an important role in stabilizing the employment situation.
Fu Linghui also pointed out that it is indeed necessary to see that the current economic operation is facing some challenges. The structural contradictions in employment are relatively prominent. The employment of some groups such as young people is indeed facing difficulties and pressure. Stabilizing employment still requires Put in the effort.
In this regard, the Central Economic Work Conference specifically emphasized “focusing on goal guidance and striving to achieve an optimized combination of stable growth, stable employment, and a reasonable recovery in prices.” Fu Linghui pointed out that in the next stage, to achieve such a goal, we must put the promotion of high-quality and full employment in a more prominent position, implement employment support plans in key areas, key industries, urban and rural grassroots and small and medium-sized enterprises, and promote the employment of key groups. , to ensure the overall stability of the employment situation.
