China’s job market better than expected in Jan-Feb: human resources minister

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s job market was stable and better than expected in January and February, and the country’s employment will continue to pick up and remain stable this year, Wang Xiaoping, the human resources minister, said on Thursday.

However, there is still pressure on employment and the structural conflict between difficulty of recruitment and finding jobs remains outstanding, Wang said.

(Reporting by Ellen Zhang and Ryan Woo; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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