China, jump in youth unemployment: 17.1% in July – News – Ansa.it

China’s youth unemployment rate reached 17.1 percent in July, the highest level since the beginning of the year, according to official data.

The unemployment rate among 16- to 24-year-olds, who no longer include students after Beijing adjusted the formula used to calculate unemployment, was 13.2 percent in June, a according to data published by the National Bureau of Statistics.