Xinhua republished an article from China Youth, which states that as of June 4, only 2.75 million college graduates, 45% of the total number of graduates this year, have received job offers. To ease the unemployment pressure, the government is creating basic level positions in the countryside, remote towns, and less-developed areas and encouraging the graduates to go there.
Source: Xinhua, June 5, 2009
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2009-06/05/content_11489469.htm