# China Unemployment Rate – Dec 17, 2018: 4.8

> Canonical page: https://fxmacrodata.com/china/unemployment/announcements/cny_unemployment_2018-12-17
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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Status | Released |
| Actual | 4.8 |
| Previous | 4.9 |
| Forecast | -- |
| Surprise | -- |
| Reference period | 2018-11-30 |
| Release time (local) | Estimated 2018-12-17 10:00 Asia/Shanghai |
| Release time (UTC) | Estimated 2018-12-17 02:00 UTC |
| Release ID | cny_unemployment_2018-12-17 |

China Unemployment Rate came in at 4.8 on Dec 17, 2018, compared with 4.9 previously. See the full release history, chart, People's Bank of China context, and API access for this series.

## Recent release history

| Release date | Actual | Previous | Forecast |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-09-15 | 5.3 | 5.2 | -- |
| 2026-08-17 | 5.2 | 5 | -- |
| 2026-07-15 | 5 | 5.1 | -- |
| 2026-06-16 | 5.1 | 5.2 | -- |
| 2026-05-18 | 5.2 | 5.4 | -- |
| 2026-04-16 | 5.4 | 5.3 | -- |
| 2026-03-16 | 5.3 | 5.2 | -- |
| 2026-01-31 | 5.2 | 5.1 | -- |
| 2026-01-19 | 5.1 | 5.1 | -- |
| 2025-12-15 | 5.1 | 5.1 | -- |
| 2025-11-14 | 5.1 | 5.2 | -- |
| 2025-10-20 | 5.2 | 5.3 | -- |

## API access

```
GET https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/cny/unemployment
X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY
```

The endpoint returns the full announcement history for this series, including point-in-time release timestamps.

## Related

- Previous release: https://fxmacrodata.com/china/unemployment/announcements/cny_unemployment_2018-11-15
- Next release: https://fxmacrodata.com/china/unemployment/announcements/cny_unemployment_2019-01-15
- Full series and chart: https://fxmacrodata.com/china/unemployment
- Machine-readable surfaces index: https://fxmacrodata.com/llms.txt