PricewaterhouseCoopers, the largest of the "Big Four" auditing firms, has announced that it plans to invest around USD100 million to hire and train staff in China over the next three to five years.

The 2009 Shanghai College Graduate Employment White Paper has been formally published.

A total of 239 job fairs will be organized in 108 universities across Jiangsu from November 2009 to June 2010 to promote the employment of college graduates.

China's Ministry of Education has issued a circular on the promotion of the employment of college students who will graduate in 2010.

Chinese media reports that the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the Bank of China, China Agricultural Bank, and China Construction Bank, which are jointly known as the four state-owned commercial banks in China, will hire a total of 37,500 college graduates this year despite the current slowing of the economy.

The Inner Mongolia Personnel Affairs Department has disclosed to the local media that Inner Mongolia will set up 150 internship bases for college graduates this year.

Chinese premier Wen Jiabao said when he visited Beihang University this past week that the government had given top priority to college graduates' employment and would draw up some effective measures to ensure that all students can have a job.