October 11, 2004: Headlines: COS - China: International Peace Corps:Youth Corps: Business Week: Last year the Education Ministry and the Communist Youth League launched a Peace Corps-like program to send recent graduates to impoverished regions in western China. According to the Chinese press, over 10,000 volunteers have signed up for this Go West program.

Peace Corps Online: Directory: China: Peace Corps China : The Peace Corps in China: October 11, 2004: Headlines: COS - China: International Peace Corps:Youth Corps: Business Week: Last year the Education Ministry and the Communist Youth League launched a Peace Corps-like program to send recent graduates to impoverished regions in western China. According to the Chinese press, over 10,000 volunteers have signed up for this Go West program.

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Last year the Education Ministry and the Communist Youth League launched a Peace Corps-like program to send recent graduates to impoverished regions in western China. According to the Chinese press, over 10,000 volunteers have signed up for this Go West program.

 Last year the Education Ministry and the Communist Youth League launched a Peace Corps-like program to send recent graduates to impoverished regions in western China. According to the Chinese press, over 10,000 volunteers have signed up for this Go West program.

Last year the Education Ministry and the Communist Youth League launched a Peace Corps-like program to send recent graduates to impoverished regions in western China. According to the Chinese press, over 10,000 volunteers have signed up for this Go West program.

Now College Grads Can't Find A Job
With more and more Chinese attending university, they're facing frustration when they get out

If any student trying to enter the workforce in China should have an easy time finding a plum job, it's Wang Zhaohui. In July, the 30-year-old graduated from China Agricultural University in Beijing -- China's top agriculture academy -- with a PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology. That makes him well-positioned to take advantage of the government's drive to upgrade its competitiveness in science and technology. But for months now, Wang has been seeking a position with a university, research center, or biotech company -- and has had no luck. He says many classmates are having similar trouble. "I am so disappointed," he says, adding that his hoped-for salary of $725 a month might be unrealistic. "I have already lowered my expectations, and I may have to lower them further."

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Young grads are also being urged to join Hu and Wen's campaign to spread prosperity to the interior. Last year the Education Ministry and the Communist Youth League launched a Peace Corps-like program to send recent graduates to impoverished regions in western China. According to the Chinese press, over 10,000 volunteers have signed up for this Go West program.





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