Growth of internet industry fuels demand for programming talent

The rapid development of mobile internet and artificial intelligence has made computer science the best income generator and among the most fruitful college degrees for employment in China, a recent report said.

For those with a bachelor's degree in computer science, the employment rate was 93.9 percent in 2016 - slightly trailing electrical engineering's 95.5 percent, according to a report published by MyCOS, a company specializing in higher education data analytics.