The Youth labor force drops year young people account for 26.71% of the total population

People's Daily Beijing, December 30 (Xinhua) youth unemployment in urban areas, released by young People's Research center in China, pointed out that by the end of 2008, youth accounted for 26.71% of the total population, at 354.71 million.　　The Youth labor resources of our country are decreasing continuously. Compared with 2007, the proportion of youth to the total population fell by 0.41%, the total decreased by 3.62 million. Compared with 2003, the proportion of the total population decreased by 3.84%, the total decreased by 40.08 million.　　That is to say, since 2003, the youth labor resource of our country has been reduced continuously, reduced 40.08 million between 2003-2008 years. 2008, urban youth accounted for 49.9% of the national youth, nearly half of the youth workforce, a total of 177 million. Among them, male youth accounted for 50.28%, female youth accounted for 49.72%, the sex ratio was 101.13. Compared with 2007, the proportion of urban youth to youth in the country rose by 0.8%, and the total increased by 1.06 million. Compared with 2003, the proportion of youth in the country rose by 7.34%, and the total increased by 8.98 million. In other words, since 2003, China's urban youth labor resources continue to enrich, 2003-2008 years increased by 8.98 million.