Two key sectors add more payrolls in Sept

Increase in employment opportunities points to healthy economic rebound

China's services and manufacturing sectors added payrolls last month, the first time since the COVID-19 epidemic, an indication that the country's economic rebound has gained momentum, a private survey showed on Friday.

Services companies increased their staffing level for the second straight month to meet rising market orders in September, while the manufacturing sector broke an eight-month streak of contraction in employment, according to a survey released by private media group Caixin.

"Employment in the manufacturing and services sectors improved simultaneously for the first time after the COVID-19 outbreak, though the improvements were not strong," said Wang Zhe, a senior economist at Caixin Insight Group.