Beijing announces measures to ensure employment for fresh graduates

Beijing has introduced a new QR code system for the city's fresh graduates from universities to help them seek employment amid the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, Xu Xi, head of Beijing's Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, said on Saturday.

The new QR code named "Jingyou," which took inspiration from the health QR code system Beijing has employed for the epidemic prevention, will help graduates and companies share and confirm information with each other without attending an offline job fair, said Xu.

Job seekers can stay at home and enjoy a total of 30 different services with the code, including applying for jobs and internships, and career assessments, Xu added.

Beijing has also announced that it will offer subsidies worth almost 3,000 yuan (roughly 425 U.S. dollars) a month to the city's micro, small and medium-sized companies for every fresh graduate from Beijing's universities they hire, according Xu.

The move is to help alleviate the financial pressure from these enterprises and encourage them to hire more employment seekers who have just entered the job market, said Xu.

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