Students shield themselves from the sun as they line up at a job fair at a Guangzhou university last week. There are signs that China’s jobs market is weakening. Photo: Reuters

China takes steps to support jobs as trade war starts to hit employment

Cabinet unveils measures including unemployment insurance refunds for firms that do not lay off staff and subsidies for all jobless young people aged 16 to 24

Topic | China economy

Sidney Leng and Amanda Lee in Beijing

Published: 4:15pm, 5 Dec, 2018

Updated: 1:02pm, 6 Dec, 2018

Students shield themselves from the sun as they line up at a job fair at a Guangzhou university last week. There are signs that China’s jobs market is weakening. Photo: Reuters

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Sidney Leng

Sidney Leng joined the Post in 2015 after spending a year and a half working for US media, including National Public Radio and Foreign Policy Magazine. He has been covering China's macroeconomic policies and financial regulations since 2016.

Amanda Lee

Beijing-based correspondent Amanda Lee covers markets and the economy for the Post, with an interest in China's economic and social landscape. A graduate of the London School of Economics, she joined the Post in 2017 and has previously worked for Thomson Reuters and Forbes.