Congratulations class of 2026 on the new degrees in your hands.
It's not a finish line, it's a boarding pass.
From here you step into a new future where the map is being redrawn in real time.
The megacity dream is fading and a growing number of you are graduating with patents, not theses.
So, where are the 2026 class heading?
What jobs are emerging from the noise and what does your choice say about the new definition of success?
Coming to you live from our studios in Beijing, this is Round Table.
I'm Fei Fei and for today's program, I'm joined by Steve Heatherly and Yushan.
First on today's show.
Every year millions of graduates step into the job market with very similar questions:
Where to go? What is my future? And who am I?
But for 2026, China saw about 13 million new graduates entering the job market from Chinese university.
That was up 480,000 from the year 2025.
And today we look at the numbers and see the bigger pictures
that feels a bit different from a few years ago.
Cities are shifting, industries are rebalancing, and even the so-called safe majors are being redefined.
So what does the full map of graduate employment look like this year?
What are the new jobs emerging and what can help students find a job easier?
Hello, Steve and Yushan.
Before we get into the details of the 2026 data and report on graduate employment,