China's youth face stiff job competition

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 29, 2022 12:09 am

BEIJING: China's slowing economy has left millions of young people fiercely competing for an ever-slimming raft of jobs and facing an increasingly uncertain future.

Official data released this month showed one in five young people in Chinese cities was out of work in July — more than three times the national average and the highest recorded since January 2018.

JOB HUNTING This photo taken on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, shows a woman (right) speaking with a company recruiter during a job fair in Beijing. China’s slowing economy has left millions of young people fiercely competing for an ever-slimming raft of jobs and facing an increasingly uncertain future. AFP PHOTO

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