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China's Youth Unemployment Drops to 17.7% Amid Challenges
10/23/2025
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Story summary
- China's urban youth unemployment rate for ages 16 to 24, excluding students, fell to 17.7% in September 2025, after a record high of 21.3% in June 2023.
- Twelve point two million university graduates entered the workforce.
- Zhu Yiran, a computer science graduate, described difficulties securing a position amid economic uncertainties.
- The overall urban unemployment rate declined slightly to 5.2%.
