Cover Story: Finding Jobs for China’s 10.76 Million New College Graduates

By Fan Qiaojia, Sun Yanran, Bai Yujie, Shen Xinyu, Wang Bowen, Niu Mujiangqu, Qin Min and Han Wei

There will be a record 10.76 million Chinese students leaving college campuses this year, 1.67 million more than last year.

As he wandered among the booths of 78 employers recruiting new graduates at Beijing’s Renmin University March 30, Chen Jun’s hopes of finding just the right job faded.

“There are very few suitable jobs,” Chen said. The senior in economics submitted only four resumes at the event, which offered more than 500 job openings.

Yang Yanlin, a postgraduate in agricultural economic management, was similarly disappointed at the event. “There are limited job options for my major, and things aren’t going well,” Yang said.

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