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China creates 13.12 mln new jobs in 2015

Xinhua, February 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

More than 13.12 million new jobs were generated for urban residents in China in 2015, a senior government official said on Monday.

Yin Weimin, Minister of Human Resources and Social Security, told a press conference that China had created more than 13 million new jobs for urban residents annually since 2013, though the reading for 2015 was down 0.8 percent from the year before. Endi