The entrance to Tsinghua University in Beijing, Nov. 18, 2021. Photo: SCMP/Simon Song
Opinion
Opinion
Zhou Xin
China’s smartest students are ditching finance for tech, and prefer state jobs over the private sector
At Tsinghua, only 12.2 per cent of graduates landed jobs in banking, securities and insurance in 2021, compared with 22 per cent who opted for IT and software
Students from the top schools are also less willing to study abroad or join the private sector