Coronavirus: China tweaks graduate employment rate to include students who find ‘work’ as gamers, bloggers

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Graduates who find ‘work’ as competitive gamers and bloggers after finishing university will now be classified as employed in China. — SCMP

The change comes as the world’s second biggest economy faces huge pressure to create enough jobs for students, one of the most vulnerable groups amid theWhile China’s surveyed-jobless rate was 5.9% at the end of May, according to the National Bureau of Statistics , analysts said the real unemployment could be much higher as many of the country’s 290 million migrant workers are excluded from the official statistics.

A record high number of 8.74 million young people are about to graduate from colleges and universities and enter the job market over summer. The current graduate employment rate covers people employed by companies, startups, freelancers or those pursuing further education.

 

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