China Wants College Graduates to Move to Villages and Find Jobs as Unemployment Hits Record


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Amid a record rate of unemployment in China, the richest province in the country has come up with a unique, yet controversial, solution to employ the youth- sending 3 lakh jobless young population to the countryside to find work. The Guangdong province in China, a manufacturing hub neighbouring Hong Kong, said it will help college graduates and young entrepreneurs to find work in villages, CNN reported. The province also encouraged rural youth to return to the countryside to look for jobs there. The announcement comes after Chinese President Xi Jinping in December 2022 called for urban youth to seek jobs...