On October 18th, Ding Songquan, head of Students Section in Education Department of Zhejiang Province came to investigate undergraduates’ employment in Wanli University. Chen Juexiang, Executive President of Zhejiang Wanli University and other relative directors welcomed Ding and held a symposium on employment.
At the symposium, President Chen first pointed out that Wanli attached great importance to college students’ employment and labeled it Top Project or Top Leadership Project, which was to be supported in policy, fund and faculty. The university determined to make full use of the sound social environment, affluent teaching and production resources, and strengthens guidance service in an effort to achieve better, faster and more positive development of Wanli undergraduates. Then he reported to director Ding the construction of Entrepreneurial University and development of Entrepreneurship Education in Wanli. He said that over 1100 businesses of Wanli graduate have been founded since the first such business entity was established and the entrepreneurial activity rate has been being about 5 percent since 2011. Besides, directors of other colleges and universities in Higher Education Zone reported the work of college students’ employment and the major problems they faced with.
Director Ding expressed gratitude to the school authority’s attention to the employment project. He said this symposium aimed to know more about the ideas and experience of different colleges and universities so as to offer strategic advice to the policy concerning college students’ employment and business start-ups.