‘Graduates Can Pay to Get Work’: Suggestion to Tackle China’s High Unemployment Rate Triggers Outrage

Young adults look at postings at a job fair at Shenyang Aerospace University in Shenyang, China's northeast Liaoning Province, on May 13, 2017. STR/AFP/Getty Images

A well-known IT professional in China recently suggested on social media that job applicants could pay employers to get work, and addressed the nation’s youth unemployment issue.

The suggestion attracted significant attention and criticism, as similar practices already exist in China’s IT industry— where graduates pay companies off the books to intern.