THE Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on Tuesday launched a 100-day recruitment campaign to help recent college graduates land jobs.

Aiming to provide more than 10 million job opportunities, the campaign will focus on the most in-demand jobs in key industries such as pharmaceutics, information technology, advanced manufacturing and environmental protection, according to the ministry.

The campaign will also facilitate region-specific job fairs in areas with large numbers of recent graduates and high demand for jobs.

The ministry said that with the participation of employment services providers, industry associations and companies, various online platforms will be launched to publish real-time recruitment information and host livestreamed job fairs.

China will see a record 11.58 million new college graduates this year, earlier data show.

The government has been ramping up efforts to boost job opportunities for young people, including college graduates.

State-owned firms are urged to hire no fewer college graduates than last year and graduates who are willing to start businesses are given credit support.

China plans to offer no fewer than 1 million trainee posts to college graduates not employed within two years of leaving education, as well as other young people aged 16 to 24. (SD-Xinhua)