1-7月城镇新增就业822万

China added 8.22 million new urban jobs from January through July, roughly 74.7 percent of the nation's annual target, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Monday.

国家统计局8月16日发布数据称，1-7月份，全国城镇新增就业822万人，完成全年目标的74.7%。

The surveyed unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in July, up 0.1 percentage point from a month earlier.

7月份，全国城镇调查失业率为5.1%，比6月份上升0.1个百分点。

The rate was 16.2 percent and 4.2 percent for the 16-24 and 25-59 age groups, respectively, the bureau said.

16-24岁人口、25-59岁人口调查失业率分别为16.2%、4.2%。

Further, weekly working hours for employees of enterprises was 47.7 hours, from 47.6 in June, it added.

全国企业就业人员周平均工作时间为47.7小时，比6月份增加0.1小时。