China's urban unemployment rate reaches 4.1%

China's urban registered unemployment rate stood at 4.1% at the end of June, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MOHRSS) said Wednesday. The rate remained unchanged for the eighth consecutive quarter during the April-June period, and rested below the government's 4.6 % annual target set for this year. China created 6.94 million new jobs in urban areas in the first half, fulfilling 77% of its annual target of creating 9 million new jobs, Xinhua news quoted MOHRSS spokesman Yin Chengji as saying. A total of 2.94 million laid-off workers were reemployed in the first six months, meeting 59% of the annual target to have 5 million unemployed workers move back into jobs, Yin added.