China urges SOEs, internet companies to offer more jobs as 12.7 million set to graduate

In its latest effort to support the employment of millions of fresh graduates, China is mobilising state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and major private technology firms to expand hiring, marking one of its broadest labour market interventions in recent years.
Eight government departments, including the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, have launched a nationwide campaign requiring SOEs to hire more graduates from the class of 2026 – as well as those who have remained unemployed since...