Updatetothethirdquarterof2005,thesupplyanddemandofthewholenation'slaborforcemarketindicatedthattheoverallunemploymentrateofourcountry'syouthfromtheageof15to29wasupto9%,whichwasmuchhigherthan4.5%oftheaverageruralarearegisterunemploymentrate.Amongthisgroup,thenumberofpeopleactivelychoosingtobeunemployedwasmorethanahalf.
“Therearemanyreasonstogiveupthechanceofemployment,butthosepeoplehaveacommonfeaturethattheydonotstarveforeconomicreasonsatleastinashortperiod.”TheprofessorGeJianxiongofFudanUniversitythoughtthatsomeyoungpeopleindeedhadtheconditionstobeunemployedasthesocietydevelopstonowadays.Theydonotneedtoworkroutinelyliketheofficeworkers,butcomparativelytheirlifewasextremely“well-off”.