China has set out a raft of policies aimed at boosting graduate employment. 

The scheme was made public during an online video conference on the Employment and Entrepreneurship of College Graduates, held by China's Ministry of Education (MOE) on Wednesday. 

The move comes as the number of college graduates in China in 2017 is expected to reach 7.95 million, the highest since 2006. 

The government has emphasized the importance of small and medium-sized private enterprises (SMEs) to the future of the economy, and graduates are being urged to find jobs in the SME sector, as well as in institutions in the countryside or in communities. 

Graduates are also being encouraged to take jobs as village officials, doctors or teachers in China's rural areas. 

Thanks to strategies such as the China-inspired "One Belt One Road Initiative", more graduates will find work in high-tech industries, the tertiary and service sectors, and in modern agriculture areas.  

More flexible policies will also be put forward to encourage graduates to start their own businesses before or after graduation, says Chen Baosheng, Minister of Education. 

(With inputs from CRI)