It is reassuring that the latest official statistics indicate that China's labor situation is not as bad as many people have feared.

Yet, if the country is to consolidate and sustain its current momentum of economic recovery, policymakers should keep focusing on creating more jobs, especially for farmer-turned-migrant workers.

China's urban registered unemployment rate rose to 4.3 percent in the first quarter from 4.2 percent at the end of last year, according to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.