Bin WU

College graduates employed by rural villages have been named cunguan, for the Chinese words meaning “village” and “manager.” The program is designed to alleviate high unemployment of urban college graduates and to aid in rural development and sustainability. The cunguan program has some features in common with the relocation of urban youth to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution.

Cunguan is a new term that describes college graduates who are employed by

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By |2014-12-16T16:53:52-05:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Governance, Program|Comments Off on Cunguan (Cūn guān 村官)|Cūn guān 村官 (Cunguan)

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