National Bureau of Statistics: The employment situation is generally stable, and the urban surveyed unemployment rate is stable and slightly lower

On April 16, the average urban surveyed unemployment rate across the country was 5.3% in the first quarter. In March, the national urban surveyed unemployment rate was 5.2%, down 0.2 percentage points from the previous month. The unemployment rate of the local household registered labor force survey was 5.3%; the unemployment rate of the foreign household registered labor force survey was 4.9%, of which the unemployment rate of the foreign agricultural household registered labor force survey was 5.0%. The unemployment rate of the urban survey in 31 large cities was 5.2%. The average weekly working hours of employees in enterprises across the country was 48.5 hours. At the end of the first quarter, the total number of rural labor force who went out to work 187.95 million, an increase of 1.1% year-on-year.