BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- The employment situation for Chinese college graduates is expected to improve thanks to a spate of supportive policies and the constant optimization of a long-term mechanism for promoting their employment, said a spokesperson for the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Wednesday.

China's surveyed urban unemployment rate has been on a downward trend since the beginning of this year and the overall employment situation has been improving, spokesperson Liu Aihua told a press conference.

Liu added that China is doing research on the calculation method concerning data on youth unemployment rate and will give relevant updates upon the completion of the work.