BEIJING: China's urban jobless rate, the country's only official measure of unemployment, was steady at 4.1 % at the end of last year, unchanged for six quarters, the labour ministry said.
Yin Chengji, spokesman for the Human Resources and Social Security Ministry, said China created 12.21 million new jobs in urban areas in 2011, exceeding its original target for nine million. - Reuters
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