Business Closures in China Make Finding a Job Difficult for New College Grads

Business Closures in China Make Finding a Job Difficult for New College Grads
People attending a job fair in Beijing on Aug. 26, 2022 - China's slowing economy has left millions of young people fiercely competing for an ever-slimming raft of jobs and facing an increasingly uncertain future. Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images
Anne Zhang
Cathy Yin-Garton
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Employment prospects are dim for China’s college graduates amid an economic slowdown.

While the number of graduates entering the job market has significantly increased, small- and medium-sized enterprises—the primary employers of new graduates—have suffered mass closures due to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) three-year “zero-COVID” policy. Consequently, graduates are under unprecedented pressure to find work.

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