According to a report that Radio Free Asia (RFA) published, new statistics from the Ministry of Education showed that, after graduation, three percent of college graduates in China start their own businesses. The rate is twice what it is in developed countries. The most likely conclusion is that these college graduates were forced to start their own businesses because of the lack of job opportunities. One economics professor in Beijing told RFA that the struggles that private companies have directly impact the job market for college graduates. Most of these college graduates have been forced to start their own businesses because they can’t find jobs. The Chinese economy has slowed down in recent years. Many private businesses face the challenge of high tax rates and the difficulty of getting a loan from state owned banks. Some of them have chosen to borrow money at a high interest rate and have ended up in a capital chain rupture. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security found that over half of the businesses that college graduates started failed within three years.
Source: Radio Free Asia, September 8, 2017
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