China's National Bureau of Statistics: Employment broadly stable. Urban surveyed Unemployment averaged 5.2% in Jan–Sep, unchanged YoY. September urban surveyed Unemployment 5.2%, down 0.1 percentage point MoM. Local-hukou unemployment 5.2%; non-local

2026-10-19

China's National Bureau of Statistics: Employment broadly stable. Urban surveyed Unemployment averaged 5.2% in Jan–Sep, unchanged YoY. September urban surveyed Unemployment 5.2%, down 0.1 percentage point MoM. Local-hukou unemployment 5.2%; non-local-hukou 5.1%; non-local agricultural-hukou 5.0%. Urban surveyed Unemployment in 31 major cities 5.2%, down 0.1ppt MoM. Average weekly hours for enterprise employees 48.3. End-Q3 rural migrant worker stock 192.7 mln, +0.4% YoY.