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University Graduate in the Countryside (大学生村官), rural Hebei
Ms Sun* is a university graduate in her mid 20s, originally from a village in the Shaanxi province. She graduated in geography from a university in Beijing, and on her last year as a student she took the exam to become a “university graduate village official” (大学生 村官). This is a country-wide program that started in 2006 with the dual goal of providing job opportunities to university graduates, and of supporting village officials by sending them educated aides to help with administrative tasks, especially using computers. … Read the profile …