Beijing promotes low-paid college grads to startup CEOs

Beijing promotes low-paid college grads to startup CEOs

Young entrepreneurs look at their computers at a resting area inside the University Students Venture Park, in Shanghai, China, July 29, 2015. REUTERS/Aly Song

Quitting her job as receptionist, joining rock bands and chancing her tattoo-sleeved arm at small business ventures would once have branded college graduate Ding Jia as a rebel in China. Now she can claim state endorsement as a “creative”.

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