Graduates face fierce competition to find work

Online discussion

On April 16, graduates from Communication University of China, Nanjing, held an online meeting to discuss thesis defenses with their teacher. The participants could see each other on their phone screens.

After the meeting, the teacher read out every student's name and said: "You have passed the thesis defense. Congratulations and happy graduation."

A round of applause coming from dozens of phones was accompanied by tears of delight among the students, many of whom used their phones to record the occasion.

Finally, the teacher quoted a sentence from A Lifelong Journey, a novel by Liang Xiaosheng, to the students: "I hope that you can always be with loved ones after the ups and downs in life."

For the past three years, to mark National Youth Day on May 4, Bilibili has produced a video themed on young people.

The video used to advocate innovation, hard work and independent thinking, viewed by some observers as a powerful and enthusiastic approach.

However, this year a softer line was taken in the video, with Nobel laureate Mo Yan invited to write a letter to young people who may be feeling a little lost in view of the tough situation they face.

Mo told them in the video that they should not be "blown down by the strong winds" that he experienced in his childhood.

The video encouraged the young to persevere in difficult times and wait for success to come along.

Yao Yuxin contributed to this story.