Why many Chinese university graduates are going to vocational school

Trend signals profound shift in attitudes toward education and employment

20250918 China university graduate

Students attend a graduation ceremony at Central China Normal University in Wuhan, Hubei province, in 2021. © Reuters

ZHANG CAN, Caixin

Six years after earning her bachelor's degree in instrumental performance, Gao Shenghan found herself back in a classroom, this time as a freshman at the Guangzhou Baiyun Technician College of Business and Technology. Her new major: fashion.

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