According to the document, the central government will improve
policies and regulations that encourage more college and vocational
school graduates to start their careers in the countryside.
Rising unemployment in urban areas has made rural area a new
choice for more and more college graduates. The central government
has organized an increasing number of graduates to serve rural
development.
In June 2005, the Chinese government issued a document to guide
and encourage college graduates to work in rural areas. The
document set a goal of at least one collage graduate in each
village in three to five years.
In Beijing, a total of 2,000 college graduates were selected to
work as assistants to the village party secretary last year.
The government promised that the graduates enjoy priority in
seeking new jobs in governmental departments or large companies
after three years of service in the countryside.
The Beijing municipal government announced this month that
another 3,000 college graduates will work as village officials this
year.
The provincial government of south China's Guangdong required
all college graduates who plan to work for the government to first
receive practical training in villages.
Professor Zhou Xiaozheng of the Renmin University of China said
the high priority the central government has given rural
development has stimulated an increasing numbers of college
graduates to work in the countryside.
(Xinhua News Agency January 30, 2007)