China's 2022 Work Report said more than 10 million students are expected to join the job market this summer, which media reported would be the largest ever. Challenged by mounting employment pressure, Chinese lawmakers and political advisors put forward their proposals suggesting strengthening the occupational guidance and developing the anti-employment discrimination law.
According to data released by the Ministry of Education, the number of college graduates in 2022 is expected to reach 10.76 million, an increase of 1.67 million year-on-year. Li Chang'an, a professor at the University of International Business and Economics' School of Public Administration, told the Global Times on Thursday that the employment situation this year would be grimmer.
Zheng Yali, a deputy of the National People's Congress (NPC) and president of Zhejiang Financial College, said that the impact of COVID-19 on employment continues. Zheng noted that production and operations of some industries and enterprises have yet to return to their pre-epidemic levels, some small- and medium-sized enterprises still lack the capacity to expand employment, structural problems in employment have not been fundamentally alleviated, and employment and recruitment difficulties still exist.
Zhang Fengbao, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former vice president of Tianjin University, said that China's industrial transformation and upgrading and...
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