[CND, 06/16/98] According to the Xinhua News Agency, there were 150 million people, 17% of the working population, jobless at the end of 1997. The official unemployment rate at township level was 3.1% for a total number of 5.768 million workers. In addition, there were 6.34 million state-enterprise workers being paid a minimum salary but without jobs. (CUI Ying, John LIN)