Liuzhou leads effort to help graduates find jobs
Liuzhou city in South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region pledged to work to help college graduates find jobs in the so-called toughest job market this year.
It is estimated that the number of new college graduates who are expected to leave campus this summer will reach 6.99 million, the highest record in China. As many as 11,000 out of all the 14,000 Liuzhou-born new college graduates this year are expected to look for jobs inside the city.
The municipal government of Liuzhou has recently announced plans to make sure at least 85 percent of college graduates, who registered to look for jobs in Liuzhou before the end of 2013, can be employed.
The city plans to add 700 to 800 jobs at charitable organizations in an aim to offer more opportunities to recent college graduates. The city will also offer subsidies to local enterprises in Liuzhou to encourage them to create 1,000 job positions.
For companies that employ new college graduates, the Liuzhou government will offer a subsidy ranging from 3,000 yuan ($489) to 5,000 yuan. All major projects, which are invested by the Liuzhou government, are asked to give at least 20 percent of their job openings to new college graduates.
The city is about to set up an entrepreneur park to support college graduates to set up their own businesses. The park is expected to become the home of 200 start-up companies, which will create 1,000 jobs.
Moreover, the government in Liuzhou will offer hundreds of job positions at rural areas and local communities for new college graduates.
Edited by Lin Hong and Michael Thai