China's job market has been stable in the first half of the year, with the average surveyed unemployment rate in urban areas around 5.2 percent, according to the latest figures unveiled by the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday.

The NBS said that specifically in June, the urban surveyed unemployment rate was 5 percent, pulling even with that in May. The number was also 5 percent in June in the nation's 31 major cities, including Beijing and Shanghai.