China youth jobless rate drops to 11-month low in May

BEIJING(Reuters) -The jobless rate for 16 to 24-year-olds in China, excluding college students, dropped to an 11-month low of 14.9% in May, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Wednesday.

The unemployment rate for 25 to 29-year-olds, excluding students, also slid slightly to 7.0% from 7.1% a month earlier, the data showed.

(Reporting by Beijing Newsroom, Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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