关注16至24岁非在校青年的失业情况
Netizens reported on social media that after a job fair held at a school, resumes of applicants were found discarded in trash cans, all of which were from master's degree holders.
A large Maersk container ship, the 'CMA CGM CINCINNATI', lost control while berthing at Yantian Port, crashing into the dock and causing a large quay crane to collapse into the container yard.
A netizen posted that she was repeatedly asked if she was an only child during autumn recruitment interviews, and failed every time she answered truthfully. Later, she fabricated a persona of having a younger brother whom she had taken care of since childhood to cope. Another intern recruiter mentioned that their team flags whether job applicants are only children.
The first report meeting on studying and implementing the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee was held in Beijing. Netizens have been discussing the venue layout and the sitting posture of Zhang Shengmin when he met with members of the lecture group.
On November 9, Bloomberg Businessweek published a report on interviews with marginalized youth in Shenyang: a 19-year-old earns 3,800 yuan a month at Mixue Bingcheng and eats only one meal a day, while a 17-year-old survives by sleeping in pool halls and livestreaming dance performances. Interviewees described being trapped in an 'endless cycle.'
On October 22, the CSI 300 index closed down 1.84%, falling about 20% from its June high and entering a technical bear market; according to Bloomberg, the STAR 50 and ChiNext indices have both fallen about 40% in the second half of the year, and analysts believe the national team may need to buy more and for longer.
According to a report by Yicai on October 22, from January to September 2026, nationwide urban and rural residents' household electricity consumption was 123.46 billion kilowatt-hours, down 0.3% year-on-year — the first decline for the same period in nearly ten years.
A blogger posted a video of interviews at a night market. The stall owners’ fields of study included environmental monitoring, auto repair, finance, preschool education, and garment patternmaking. Netizens commented that the promise of education changing one’s fate had fallen flat.
On October 21, a college graduate who finished school in May 2025 posted a video saying he still hadn’t found a job, striking a chord with netizens who have been unemployed for a long time; some said they hadn’t worked since 2022.
College students taking part in the 2027 autumn recruitment season are complaining online that competition for jobs is too intense. One graduate student with internship experience at a major tech company keeps taking assessments and written tests every day but still has no offer. Offline job fairs are packed, and HR staff lament that resumes are so outstanding they can't screen through them all.
A netizen posted a video asking "how exactly can one make money," saying he had submitted resume after resume, that effort does not bring a commensurate life, and that he felt like an ant being trampled underfoot.
On October 14, a Douyin blogger posted a video showing a strivers' hostel in Shenzhen that charges 14 yuan per night and has 8 beds. Most of the guests are college graduates looking for work; some have stayed for months, and late at night some guests are still out working and have not returned.
On October 13, the Wall Street Journal reported that China's slowing economic growth combined with the popularization of AI has led to a record 12.7 million college graduates this year amidst a severe job shortage. The urban youth unemployment rate for those aged 16 to 24 stands at around 19%, leaving young people escaping to Dali to "lie flat" or struggling in the gig economy.
On October 8, a fresh graduate posted about the 2026 fall recruitment season, saying bluntly that their biggest feeling was a sense of powerlessness after seeing through everything, and criticizing major internet companies for putting on a show of fall recruitment.
A graduate student who earned a degree in software from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2012 and once wrote code at a big tech firm now makes a living selling balloons on the streets of Changsha, where he was reunited with a former big-tech colleague now working as a grilled squid vendor, reflecting the widespread unemployment predicament of highly educated talent in China today.