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VOA Mandarin: About 12 million graduates to join China's shrinking job market


FILE - Students attend a job fair at a vocational and technical school in Hefei, in eastern China's Anhui province on March 3, 2025.
FILE - Students attend a job fair at a vocational and technical school in Hefei, in eastern China's Anhui province on March 3, 2025.

About 12.2 million college graduates are expected to enter China’s shrinking labor market this summer, Wang Xiaoping, minister of the Human Resources and Social Security Ministry told the country's National People's Congress Sunday. It is believed that the Chinese government will encourage young people to accept gig work or vocational trainings so as not to hike up the youth unemployment rate.

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