China youth jobless rate drops to 12-month low in June

The jobless rate for 16- to 24-year-olds in China, excluding college students, dropped to a

12-month low of 14.5 percent in June, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Thursday.

The unemployment rate for 25- to 29-year-olds, excluding students, slid to 6.7 percent from 7.0 percent a month earlier, while the jobless rate for 30- to 59-year-olds climbed to 4.0 percent from 3.9 percent, the data showed.

REUTERS