Got a degree, now where are the jobs?

Material from Zhang, our regional editor for China.

This video shows surging crowds at an employment fair organised by Nanchang University in southeast China. In 1999, China launched a scheme to increase university enrolments and to develop its tertiary - or service - sector. The endeavour seems to have worked: China has a growth rate of 9% per year and boasts unemployment levels of under 5%. But the vibrant Chinese labour market has nevertheless failed to absorb the huge influx of qualified workers being churned out by the country's universities. See below...

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The size of the job fair is

The size of the job fair is not surprising. It's Chinese size... But you can see at the video how they treat students who want to get in. So harsh. Tells you a lot about how China treats its citizens.

Hard

If you really know my country please tell the true.And do not express your selfish view of point to the work around if your never been to China.

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