Cross-Strait flight

A DIRECT passenger flight route linking Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality and Taiwan will resume May 17, according to Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport.

The passenger flight route will be operated by Air China and three round trips are scheduled to operate every week. The first Taiwan-bound flight from Chongqing will take off at 3:15 p.m. and is scheduled to arrive in Taipei at 6:20 p.m. While the return trip will take off at 7:20 p.m. and arrive in Chongqing at 10:30 p.m.

Jobless rate drops

CHINA’S job market remained stable in the first quarter this year with a falling unemployment rate and more jobs created, official data showed yesterday.

The surveyed urban unemployment rate dropped to 5.3% in March, down from 5.6% in February, and the number of new jobs stood at 2.97 million, Lu Aihong, spokesperson of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, said at a press conference.

London-Xi’an flight

A DIRECT flight route linking London and Xi’an, capital of Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, resumed Sunday, after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chinese mainland passengers have no longer been required to take a pre-departure COVID test before traveling to Britain since April 5.