Last year, Shanghai added 641,000 new jobs, and built 506 community employment service sites.

On the morning of January 30th, the Shanghai Municipal Government held a meeting on the work of human resources and social security in Shanghai in 2026, summarizing the work of 2025 and deploying various tasks of human resources and social security in 2026. The meeting revealed that the average urban unemployment rate in Shanghai in 2025 was 4.2% for the whole year, with 641,000 new jobs created and 506 community employment service stations in the "15-minute employment service circle" built.