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China to launch campaign to boost graduate employment with millions of job openings

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China to launch campaign to boost graduate employment with millions of job openings

2025-05-10 19:42 Last Updated At:20:07

As the peak job-hunting season for university graduates approaches, China's Ministry of Education will launch a nationwide 100-day campaign to expand job opportunities and enhance employment services to support college graduates in securing positions.

According to official data, over 250 provincial-level job fairs will be held across the country in May, offering more than 900,000 job openings.

Additionally, nearly 3,000 campus recruitment events will be organized by universities, collectively providing more than 2 million positions.

On May 21, a key coordination meeting for the 2025 graduate employment campaign will be held in Lianyungang City, east China's Jiangsu Province.

Over 100 well-known employers will attend the event in person, while more than 1,000 companies will provide over 10,000 positions via online platforms.

Later in the month, a major graduate job fair targeting talents in northeast China will take place in Changchun City.

The event will feature more than 600 companies from key sectors including equipment manufacturing, modern agriculture, and the ice-and-snow economy, offering over 10,000 high-quality job opportunities in total.

To further support graduate employment, local governments are ramping up service initiatives.

In north China's Shanxi Province, 20 million yuan (about 2.763 million U.S. dollars) in provincial funding has been earmarked to subsidize university-organized recruitment events.

In east China's Shandong Province, education and labor authorities have developed training courses in emerging fields such as drone surveying and artificial intelligence (AI) application to enhance graduates' job-readiness.

"This year, Shandong has designated special funds to support training programs at universities, offering subsidies of 400 yuan (about 55.27 U.S. dollars) to 600 yuan (about 82.9 U.S. dollars) per student. We've already collected over 100 training projects in emerging fields like AI application and the low-altitude economy which need talents urgently, with plans to train more than 10,000 students by the end of the year," said Zhao Luwei, deputy director of the Shandong Provincial Public Employment and Talent Service Center.

China to launch campaign to boost graduate employment with millions of job openings

China to launch campaign to boost graduate employment with millions of job openings

More than a month ahead of the Chinese New Year, restaurants across China have reported a booming demand for reunion dinners, with popular places already fully reserved.

The family reunion dinners on the eve of the Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, is the most important meal of the year for Chinese people. It has long been an essential part of celebrating the Chinese New Year. This year, the festival falls on Feb 17.

In Taiyuan, capital city of north China's Shanxi Province, one restaurant said all tables for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner have been reserved.

"We now have 36 private rooms and 13 tables in the hall. The New Year's Eve dinner is fully booked. Many families started reserving as early as November 2025," said Han Huiyan, a restaurant manager.

To meet the demand, many restaurants start to offer takeaway banquet package that can be easily prepared at home, allowing families to enjoy a variety of festive dishes without dining out.

In Ningbo, a city in east China's Zhejiang Province, many popular restaurants said that they are approaching full reservation levels. To reduce peak demand, some restaurants now offer off-peak reunion dinners starting later at night.

"We now offer a 'second round' of New Year's Eve dinners, which start at 19:30. We also offer discount for such New Year's Eve dinners, a promotion of 20 percent off set menus," said Sun Lijuan, a restaurant manager.

In Lianyungang, a city in east China's Jiangsu Province, smaller private rooms of a local restaurant have been nearly sold out, and customized menus and home-delivery services have drawn strong interest.

"This year we have specially launched the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner delivery service. Bookings are very strong and customers really like this option," said Geng Maoran, a restaurant general manager.

Restaurants see surge in bookings for Chinese New Year's Eve dinners

Restaurants see surge in bookings for Chinese New Year's Eve dinners

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