China will create 10m new jobs this year

The government is confident it can create 10 million new jobs this year amid the economic downturn, said Xin Changxing, vice-minister of human resources and social security, at a news conference in Beijing on Tuesday.

About 4.7 million people got jobs in the first four months of this year, 30,000 more than last year, despite a slowing economy, according to statistics from Xin's ministry.