Seventy per cent college graduates employed
( 2003-11-12 21:25) (Xinhua)
Of China's 2.12 million university and college
graduates in 2003, 70 percent had found jobs by September, said sources with
China's Ministry of Education.
"This means our target of an employment rate no lower than that of 2002 has
been achieved," an official of the ministry said Tuesday.
He said the achievement was hard-won considering the big growth in the number
of graduates and the negative influence from the severe acute respiratory
syndrome (SARS) epidemic.
The number of graduates in 2003 grew by 46.2 percent, or 670, 000, over 2002
as the effects of a large scale enrollment expansion scheme carried out a few
years ago began to surface.
The number in 2004 will grow to 2.8 million, up 680,000 over 2003, according
to information provided by the ministry.
The official said that to cope with the situation, the ministry and other
government departments would strive to provide better employment service and
create more job opportunities.
In 2002, the government promulgated numerous policies to encourage graduates
to work in the western region, where talents are badly needed to transform
chronic backwardness, and to work in grassroots units or launch their own
businesses.
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