Since the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the number of new jobs in urban areas has remained stable at over 12 million people per year.

Zhou Haibing, Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission, stated at the first press conference on "high-quality completion of the 'Fourteenth Five-Year Plan'" held by the State Council Information Office on July 9 that since the beginning of the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan," the annual increase in urban employment has remained stable at over 12 million, achieving relatively full employment in the development of a large country with a population of over 1.4 billion.