10:34, May 02, 2010
China plans to recruit 36,000 college graduates this year to be officials in rural areas in a bid to boost development in underdeveloped regions.
According to a notice issued Thursday by the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, from 2008 to 2012 the nation will employ 200,000 students-turned village officials. The initial plan envisaged employing 100,000.
Villages are often said to be the "nerve endings" of the ruling CPC, and it is believed dispatching college graduates to villages will reduce unemployment and boost rural development by bringing talent to the grassroots level.
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