North China Representative:
Chunyu Li
The Ministry of Education held the first National College Student Career Planning Competition in August 2023 with the theme: “Building Dreams of Youth, Aspiration, and Setting Sail for the Future.”
This competition intended to:
- Strengthening career education,
- Provide a platform for promoting supply and demand docking,
- Stimulate the market for graduate employment,
It follows the slogan: “Educating through competition, teaching through competition, and achieving success through competition”.
As an example, consider the Guangdong Provincial Competition.
Universities across the province actively participated in the competition, with 820,400 students registering and 540,800 students submitting application materials. Each university carefully organized the selection process within their school and recommended a total of 956 people to participate in the provincial finals.
The provincial semi-finals used a two round online evaluation method. In the first round of online evaluation, 323 award-winning contestants were selected from 104 universities; The second round of online evaluation further narrowed the field to 123 contestants from 61 universities. These contestants advanced to the national competition.
They will attend the national competition at middle of May with contestants from other provinces。Of the contestants from each province in China, 40 Gold Medal Winners will be selected and ranked,
Here are some links to the media report about the 2015 conference:
- From Youku News: http://www.dwz.cn/10SDrg
- From the Jose Image: http://www.dwz.cn/10SDlk
China's 3rd Career Conference
New Elite Development Plan (NEDP) hosted the 3rd China Career Conference in Beijing on June 12th, 2015. Sponsors included the China Career Development Association (CCDA) and Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People’s Republic of China (MOHRSS). The annual China Career Development Conference became a great event in the career development field of China.
The theme for this year’s conference was “The Transformation of Career: Challenges and Opportunities.” Thirty four guest speakers were invited to share their ideas on the theme, including the current president of CCDA, Mr. Gu Dian. Professor Ryan Duffy from the Department of Psychology at the University of Florida also presented a speech titled “Help Others, Help Yourself:
How to achieve happiness in the evolving world,” which was a big success. In the afternoon, the conference program involved discussion forums across the 3 themes of: (i) the University, (ii) the High School, (iii) the Industry/Enterprise. There were more than 4 speakers leading a forum for each of the themes. Later in the afternoon, there was an “Open House” which facilitated an exciting exchange of ideas between 15 advisers and attendees through open discussions. In total, over 500 people attended the conference.
Here are some links to the media report about the 2015 conference:
- From Youku News: http://www.dwz.cn/10SDrg
- From the Jose Image: http://www.dwz.cn/10SDlk