Chinese Premier’s Speech Hints at Severity of Country’s Unemployment

Chinese Premier’s Speech Hints at Severity of Country’s Unemployment
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang delivers a speech during the opening of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2019 in Boao, southern China's Hainan Province on March 28, 2019. STR/AFP/Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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When Chinese Premier Li Keqiang recently spoke at a national conference on entrepreneurship and job creation, his comments made it clear that unemployment is at the top of the Chinese regime’s agenda.

Speaking in Beijing on May 13, Li spoke of the all-time high in the number of new college graduates this year, which is sure to put pressure on the job market, according to a report by Chinese state-run media Xinhua.

Frank Fang
Frank Fang
journalist
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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