中国高教 与 就业状况 （2007）

Why “higher education” is a necessity in China? (2009-02-27 Chinese press release)

According to the Chinese State Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security (2007), each year, there are over 5 millions graduates from Chinese universities. The pressure to find an opportunity for each graduate is enormous. As a result, although the competition is severe, only 50 thousands manage to get into various government bodies and councils (civil servants); half millions manage to enter a career in schools and hospitals or similar service industries (school teachers and nurses); a third of a million are recruited by large enterprises like state-owned companies (white collars, which in European sense is of pan-Europe); another half millions go into postgraduates or oversea studies (R & D oriented); the majority of graduates as many as 3 and half millions are recruited by median/middle and smaller enterprises as well as 15 thousands become self-employed (mostly locally oriented, where Chinese “local” can be “provincial”, this translated into “nationwide” in European sense, e.g. within France, within Germany, within UK, or within Italy, etc); the remaining half million or more have no clear path towards their career/future.