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On April 17, according to the statistics of the "Blue Book of Tracking and Evaluation of the Training Quality of China's 2018-2022 College Graduates" (hereinafter referred to as the "Blue Book"), it was found that now, more and more college graduates are no longer only staring at first-tier cities, but turning their attention to small cities, setting off a new trend of returning to the county for employment.
According to the "Blue Book", half a year after graduation, the proportion of fresh undergraduates employed in the county has increased significantly, from 20% in the class of 2018 to 25% in the class of 2022, an increase of 5 percentage points. Among them, boys rose from 19% in the class of 2018 to 24% in the class of 2022, and girls rose from 22% in the class of 2018 to 27% in the class of 2022.
In addition, nearly 60 percent (59%) of the undergraduates who returned to the county to work have been working in the county within five years of graduation, and about 40 percent (41%) have worked for a period of time before coming to the county for employment.
According to the "Blue Book" data, the monthly income of college graduates working in the county has risen from 4,640 yuan in 2018 to 5,377 yuan in 2022. Employment satisfaction has also increased from 67% in the class of 2018 to 76% in the class of 2022.
In recent years, with a large number of young people from Beipiao and Shanghai returning to their hometowns, and many people engaged in manual labor choosing to stay behind, the county has become lively. In the tide of returning to his hometown, after resigning from Dachang, Zheng Chao, who has worked in Beijing for more than 10 years, saw the business opportunity of "county catering" and opened a local restaurant, according to reports, they ordered about 1,000 yuan per table, 800 yuan per table for cheaper ones, and more than 1,200 yuan per table for expensive ones. After calculation, within a month of the Spring Festival, the income of Zheng Chao's local restaurant was about 500,000 yuan.
In general, the trend of returning to the hometown for employment is gradually increasing, which also brings new vitality to the economic development of the county.
The urbanization rate of the mainland has increased to 65.22%
With the continuous advancement of urbanization in the mainland, the reconstruction and expansion projects of towns and towns have been launched, and the construction of affordable housing has started on a large scale. The development of metropolitan areas, urban agglomerations, urban belts and central cities indicates the rapid take-off of China's urbanization process.
According to the 2022 data of the National Bureau of Statistics, the permanent urban population of the country is 921 million, accounting for 65.2% of the country's total population, a year-on-year increase of 0.77%.
According to the 2022 Statistical Communiqué on National Economic and Social Development of the National Bureau of Statistics, by the end of 2022, the urbanization rate of the mainland had increased to 65.22%.
According to the National Population Development Plan (2016-2030), the urbanization rate of the mainland will reach 70% by 2030 as the ability of major cities to gather population increases.
The improvement of the national economic level has led to the upgrading of demand
With the continuous development of China's social economy, the people's living standards and quality of life have gradually improved. From 2013 to 2020, the income of urban and rural residents has grown steadily and rapidly. In 2022, the per capita disposable income of residents nationwide will be 36,883 yuan, a nominal increase of 5.0% over the previous year, and a real increase of 2.9% after deducting price factors. Among them, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 49,283 yuan, a nominal increase of 3.9 percent year-on-year, and a real increase of 1.9 percent after deducting price factors. The per capita disposable income of rural residents was 20,133 yuan, a nominal increase of 6.3 percent year-on-year, or 4.2 percent in real terms after deducting price factors.
The construction of China's county-level business network continues to improve
In July 2023, the notice of the General Office (Office) of 9 departments including the Ministry of Commerce on the issuance of the "Three-Year Action Plan for County Commerce (2023-2025)", put forward seven key tasks, including improving the county-level commercial network facilities and formats, developing rural logistics joint distribution, promoting the transformation and upgrading of county-level circulation enterprises, enriching the rural consumer market, promoting the high-quality development of rural e-commerce, improving the supply level of high-quality agricultural products, and strengthening the construction of the agricultural product circulation system.
As of 2022, China's county-level commercial network construction has continued to improve, with 983 county-level comprehensive business and trade service centers and 3,941 township business centers and bazaars built and renovated across the country.
Zhang Zhenghe, a professor at China Agricultural University and director of the China County Economic Research Center, believes that it is often difficult for a town's industrial development to be "large and complete", and it should make a breakthrough in the direction of building a "small and beautiful, small and refined" professional town.
"According to their own situation, according to local conditions, choose the appropriate subdivision of the industry to focus on breakthroughs, this kind of professional town can often attract a large number of market entities, private enterprises to gather, the development is particularly dynamic. Zhang Zhenghe said.
Hu Jing, director of the Institute of "Three Rural" and Urbanization of South China Normal University, suggested that all localities should strengthen confidence, deepen reform, and continue to guide and encourage enterprises and farmers to participate in county economic development and rural revitalization, "especially to improve the business environment and establish a development platform, including the construction of county, town and village three-level industrial parks, to create conditions for market players to 'roll up their sleeves and work hard'." ”
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