China's registered unemployment rate in urban areas stood at 4.09 percent in 2014, slightly down from the 4.1 percent recorded in 2013, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MHRSS) said.

 

A total of 13.22 million new jobs were created in urban areas last year, up from 13.1 million posted in 2013, ministry spokesman Li Zhong said at a press conference.

 

The government pledged to add more than 10 million jobs and keep the registered urban unemployment rate below 4.6 percent in 2014, as Premier Li Keqiang delivered a government work report during the annual "Two Sessions" in March 2014.

 

Friday's employment data indicated that China's job market was resilient amid slackening momentum in the economy as China's GDP grew 7.4 percent in 2014, the weakest annual expansion in 24 years. 

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