According to the latest data, published in June, unemployment among Chinese youth is 21,3%, a record percentage in a country accustomed to full employment.
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The National Statistics Institute (BNS) indicated on Tuesday that it will no longer publish timeariaespecially the youth unemployment figures, due to the need to “adjust” the data in this age group.
“Translation: let me find a statistical method that allows you to reduce the percentage”, wrote sarcastically a user on the social network Weibo, the most important in China.
“I don’t dare imagine what the real percentage of unemployment is,” wrote another internet user, while a third said ironically: “I don’t publish (the numbers) = there is no unemployment.”
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AI Competition
The suspension of the publication of this data has been one of the main topics of debate this week on Weibo, a virtual controversy also present on the streets of Beijing.
“My university specialty is engineeringaria environmental. But with the rise of artificial intelligence, I don't believe I will have many opportunities in the project sector”, explains Li Nuojun, 18, a student who lives in the Chinese capital, to AFP.
This university student acknowledged that both she and her friends fear that they will have serious difficulties finding a good job when they finish their studies.
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“It worries me”, assures Li Nuojun, who says “I try not to think about it too much now”.
Interest in public service
The concern is even greater among those who have already completed their studies.
“It is increasingly difficult for young people to find a job. For example, my cousin and his classmates preferred to continue studying,” explains Guo, 35, who works in the IT sector.
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“Many of them try to become public servants”, he says about young people’s interest in the state sector in the face of precariousness in the private sector.
Xue, 29, regrets that several of his friends tried to change jobs but were unable to do so.
“They sent out their CVs for months and had several job interviews. But none of them worked”, explains the young woman to AFP.
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“The salary they offer is not very high and you have to work a lot of overtime. The job market is very competitive”, she assures.
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