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This study provides literature review of the high unemployment situation among global youth, Chinese youth and Chinese university graduates. As the world struggles to cope with the far-reaching effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, reducing the unemployment rate among Chinese university graduates has become an important assignment. This study was based on secondary research and conducted a comprehensive literature review, in order to examine the factors affecting university graduates in China. The study found that Chinese university graduates’ unemployment was the main group of China’s unemployed youth population. Chinese graduates’ unemployment rate was higher than that in 2019. The impact of epidemics, increased labour supply, employment discrimination, low employability of graduates, voluntary turnover and disconnection between school and society were important factors affecting university graduates in China. This study pointed out some suggestions to solve this problem. Firstly, national and local governments could actively create conditions to guide the mobility of talents. Secondly, university could strengthen school-enterprise cooperation and flexibly to set up micro-courses for employment-oriented skills.
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Huang, H., Karim, A. M., Adaikalam, J., & Chen, Z. (2024). Study on the Factors Affecting University Graduates Unemployment Problem in China: Literature Review Approach. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 14(1), 553–567.
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