China suspended publication of its youth jobless data on Tuesday, saying it needed to review the methodology behind the closely watched benchmark, which has hit record highs in one of many warning signs for the world's second-largest economy.
"In recent years, the number of university students has continued to expand," Fu said. "The main responsibility of current students is studying. Society has different views on whether students looking for jobs before graduation should be included in labour force surveys and statistics."
This issue, as well as the definition of the age range currently set at 16-24, "needs further research," Fu said.
This is not only completely and utterly reasonable and rational, but this is also a really pleasing amount of transparency in explaining their decision making process
This is not only completely and utterly reasonable and rational, but this is also a really pleasing amount of transparency in explaining their decision making process