Cloud Canton Fair

The 127th China Import and Export Fair, popularly known as Canton

Fair, kicked off online on June 15, a first for the decades-old trade fair traditionally held in Guangdong Province, south China.

This year’s online fair, which lasted for 10 days, attracted around 25,000 enterprises in 16 categories with 1.8 million products.

The fair provided round-theclock services, including online exhibitions, promotion, business docking and negotiations, according to Li Jinqi, Director General of the

the NBS, said the reasons for a drop in the unemployment rate were an improving economy, implementation of supportive policies, and more employees returning to their workplaces.

The recovery in production has laid the ground for job market expansion and stability, Fu said, citing a positive trend in other May economic indicators including the value-added industrial output and service sector production.

He, however, acknowledged that the pressure on the employment situation cannot be overlooked, which stems from total employment pressure, underemployment, and the employment of key groups such as college graduates, which is expected to reach a historical high of 8.74 million this year.

China will give priority to stabilizing employment and ensuring living standards this year, aiming to add over 9 million new urban jobs and keep the surveyed urban unemployment rate at around 6 percent, according to the government work report.