China's Urban Unemployment Rate Rises to 5.2% in July, Beating 5.1% Forecast
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Updated · TradingView · Aug 19
China's Urban Unemployment Rate Rises to 5.2% in July, Beating 5.1% Forecast
3 articles · Updated · TradingView · Aug 19
Summary
China’s surveyed urban unemployment rate climbed to 5.2% in July from 5.0% in June, coming in slightly above the 5.1% market expectation.
The increase was broad-based: unemployment among locally registered workers rose to 5.2% from 5.0%, while the migrant labor force rate increased to 5.2% from 4.9%.
Within migrant workers, the jobless rate for those with non-local agricultural household registration edged up to 4.9% from 4.8%, and the rate across 31 major cities also rose to 5.2% from 5.0%.
Employees at enterprises worked an average 48.2 hours a week, while the urban unemployment rate averaged 5.2% in the first seven months of 2026—unchanged from both the first half and a year earlier.