As the number of college graduates in China is expected to increase by 640,000 to 5.59 million next year, a drive to guide them towards working in less developed areas will become a main channel to help absorb this job-seeking army, a newspaper report says.
China Business News reported that 10 ministries, including the Education Ministry, on Tuesday held a meeting concerning graduate employment pressure, stressing that governments at all levels should intensify their efforts in assisting students to find jobs and encourage them to work in the countryside.
Next year, relevant departments will provide incentives to stimulate graduates joining national projects, such as working in the western hinterland, or serving as teachers in rural areas.
Furthermore, five ministries, including the Education Ministry and Personnel Ministry, launched the nation's first ever large-scale online job fair on Tuesday, uploading around 100,000 job vacancies. The move is a great way to enhance information exchanges between job seekers and employers, the report said.
Although China's central government has done a lot to try to solve the nation's growing employment problem, mounting pressures still persist, the report said.
Deputy Director of the Department of University Student Affairs with the Ministry of Education, Liu Dawei, said the difficulty in finding work results mainly from the imbalanced development of different regions.
随着大学毕业生数量的增加，预计明年从640,000增加到5,590, 000 ， 引导他们走向发达程度比较低的地区并充分利用这些劳动力的趋势已成为一个主要渠道。
《中国经济新闻》报道包括教育部在内的十个部门于星期二召开了关于大学生就业压力问题的会议，强调各级政府应加大努力解决大学毕业生问题，鼓励他们到农村工作。
明年，有关部门将提供各种就业机会鼓励大学生加入到国家项目，如深入西部地区工作和到农村从事教育工作。
此外，星期二包括教育部和人事部在内的五个部门举行了国家首届大规模网上招聘会，提供大约十万个职位。记者报道，这个招聘会大大促进了求职者与用人单位的信息交流。
记者报道,虽然中国中央政府已经做了最大的努力解决日益增长的就业问题,大量就业压力仍然持续下去。
教育部大学学生处副部长刘大为认为，主要由于地区间发展不平衡导致就业困难。
