China says employment basically stable - stats bureau

China's employment is basically stable and a rise in the jobless rate for February is due to seasonable factors, Fu Linghui, spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said on Wednesday.

The nationwide survey-based urban jobless rate stood at 5.6% in February, NBS data showed.

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