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Chinese job hunters fill in application forms at a job fair for university graduates in rural Beijing on February 16, 2009. About 1.5 million university graduates in China failed to be employed by the end of the year of 2008 and another 6.11 million new graduates will seek jobs in the year of 2009 among the economic slump, worsening the government's endeavor to improve employment rate.

Chinese job hunters fill in application forms at a job fair for university graduates in rural Beijing on February 16, 2009. About 1.5 million university graduates in China failed to be employed by the end of the year of 2008 and another 6.11 million new graduates will seek jobs in the year of 2009 among the economic slump, worsening the government's endeavor to improve employment rate. [Xinhua]

 

Two young Chinese with their diplomas queue up to enter a job fair for university graduates in rural Beijing on February 16, 2009. About 1.5 million university graduates in China failed to be employed by the end of the year of 2008 and another 6.11 million new graduates will seek jobs in the year of 2009 among the economic slump, worsening the government's endeavor to improve employment rate.

Two young Chinese with their diplomas queue up to enter a job fair for university graduates in rural Beijing on February 16, 2009. About 1.5 million university graduates in China failed to be employed by the end of the year of 2008 and another 6.11 million new graduates will seek jobs in the year of 2009 among the economic slump, worsening the government's endeavor to improve employment rate. [Xinhua]

 

(Xinhua News Agency February 17, 2009)

Chinese job hunters fill in application forms at a job fair for university graduates in rural Beijing on February 16, 2009. About 1.5 million university graduates in China failed to be employed by the end of the year of 2008 and another 6.11 million new graduates will seek jobs in the year of 2009 among the economic slump, worsening the government's endeavor to improve employment rate.