China’s surveyed urban unemployment rate rose to 5.2% in July 2026 from 5.0% in June, slightly above market expectations of 5.1%. The surveyed unemployment rate was 5.2% for both the population with local household registration and those with non-local household registration, while the rate for people with non-local agricultural household registration stood at 4.9%. The surveyed urban unemployment rate in 31 major cities rose to 5.2%, 0.2 percentage points higher than the previous month. Employees at enterprises worked an average of 48.2 hours per week.