China's urban registered jobless rate stood at 3.8 percent at the end of 2018, Vice Minister Qiu Xiaoping told a news conference.
At the same briefing, Xin Guobin, a vice industry minister, said authorities were still optimistic about automobile production and sales this year, despite an economic slowdown.
(Reporting by Kevin Yao; Writing by Stella Qiu; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)