A day in the life of some of these jobs is a bit of a grind, but in a climate where it’s difficult to find work in China, they offer relatively easy work in high demand, “as long as you have hands”.
China’s economic growth continued to lose momentum in May amid weak retail sales and industrial production, while youth unemployment rose to a record high, data released on Thursday showed.
Weak domestic demand, despite near-zero inflation, is holding back China s post-Covid recovery. The unemployment rate for Chinese between the ages of 16 and 24 rose to 20.8 percent, up from what was already a record 20.4 percent in April, the National Bureau of Statistics said.
The unemployment rate for the 16-24 age group in China hit a new high in May, data released on Thursday showed, while retail sales and industrial production also fell short of expectations.
With youth joblessness reaching a record high, some universities are again trying to pad the employment figures among graduates by pushing students into freelancing and entrepreneurships.