Chinanews Client, December 1st (Lang Lang, Peng Ningling) On December 1, the Ministry of Education held a press conference.

Liu Changya, Director of the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Education, said that since the 13th Five-Year Plan, new breakthroughs have been made in the development of education and services for the country. The proportion of 2019 graduates to work in the central and western regions reached 59%, and the proportion of grassroots jobs at the prefectural and municipal level and below Reached 69%.

Since the "13th Five-Year Plan", the total number of college graduates has reached 40.88 million, and the initial employment rate has remained above 77% for many years.