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Beijing's new graduates can now breathe a little easier. According to a recent survey, the average monthly salary for recent graduates in Beijing is expected to rise.
Starting pay for new graduates in all industries dropped last year as a direct result of the financial crisis. Consequently, those entering the job market had lower expectations. But there is now some good news for fresh graduates – at least in the capital.
A recent survey of five thousand companies across the country shows the average monthly salary for Beijing's new grads is expected to rise from about 390 dollars a month to 410 dollars. Those companies include state-owned, private and multinational companies.
The economic crisis hit China's recycling industry hard. But, with domestic demand on the rise and high oil prices, things for the industry are now looking up.
At this plastics recycling facility in Jieshou, in south-eastern Anhui province, workers are busy shifting tons of plastic waste. More than 50 recycling plants are based here, and with China's economy on the rise, so is the recycling industry.
Fu Chunying, a plastics recycler, says he makes about 15 thousand dollars profit from every 20 tons of waste plastic bottles.
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Life for some of China's hardiest farmers is improving. Arable farmers and herdsmen in the country's northern Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region have seen their incomes rise to the equivalent of nearly 735 dollars. That’s according to the regional government.
It may not sound like very much - but it's more than the country's average, which the government says is just under 700 dollars.
It's also an eight percent year-on-year increase of 50 dollars. And it's not just income that is up – grain production is also on the rise.