The registered unemployment rate in Chinese cities stood at 4.05 percent in Q2, slightly up from 4.04 percent in Q1, latest data showed.
China created 7.17 million new jobs in the first half of 2016, down by about only 10,000 from the same period of last year, according to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.
The government aims to create 10 million new jobs this year. The new data shows that 71.7 percent of the task was completed in the first half.
The registered unemployment rate is calculated based on the number of unemployed people who register with human resource authorities or employment service institutions.
