New jobs in Q1 fall for first time since 2009
By Xu Wei | China Daily | Updated: 2015-04-25 07:41
The number of jobs created in the first quarter decreased for the first time since the global financial crisis, and a senior official warned of the growing impact on the job market of slower economic growth.
The country created 3.24 million new jobs in the first quarter, down by 200,000 compared with the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.
It is the first time the number of newly added jobs has decreased in the first quarter since 2009, when they dropped by 350,000 during the global financial crisis.
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