Posted 12/8/2023, 3:12:13 PM
Facing Unemployment, Some Chinese Grads Return to Rural Roots
- Faced with soaring youth unemployment, some Chinese grads moving back to rural hometowns for work
- Beijing pushing 'Rural Revitalisation' program to encourage grads to take jobs in small cities/villages
- More grads taking rural jobs in recent years with government backing
- Adapting to country life after big-city living a challenge for some
- Rural employment one proposed solution to high urban youth jobless rates