The Economic Observer reports:
Almost 7 million students are set to graduate from China's higher education institutions this year. In recent weeks domestic media has been full of reports about how grim the employment outlook is.
Yesterday's Beijing Times however carried a report that could offer some hope to those searching for work. The paper reported that the offices of China's Ministry of Education and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) recently issued a notice instructing state-owned enterprises to recruit more university graduates than in previous years.
The notice said state-owned enterprises should lift the number of graduates they recruit by a reasonable amount in order to meet their personnel needs over the coming 3 to 5 years.
The notice also stressed that state-owned enterprises should not discriminate on the grounds of gender, hukou, qualifications or educational institution during the hiring process.
