Data from the Ministry of Education show that the number of college graduates in China is likely to reach 12.22 million in 2025, an increase of 430,000 from last year.

　　With a new round of scientific and technological revolution sweeping across various industries, Chinese technology companies have ramped up efforts to recruit talent engaged in AI and stabilize employment, given that cutting-edge digital technologies have become a key driving force of industrial upgrades and job structure transformation.

　　Baidu has said that it will train an additional 10 million AI experts over the next five years to benefit society and create more employment opportunities.

　　In a significant move to nurture future tech talent, it will offer 21,000 internship positions for outstanding campus candidates over the next three years, and continue to strengthen the training of interns, so as to further improve the intern-to-full-time employee conversion rate.

　　Baidu has offered more than 3,000 summer internship positions to students, with 87 percent of these centered around AI-related fields, including large language models, machine learning and autonomous driving. It will start its management trainee program and AIDU initiative this year, aiming to recruit top campus talent in the AI field, and foster future leaders in the AI era.

　　Currently, dozens of outstanding management trainees are deeply involved in the company's core business and innovative development of AI, and over 100 doctoral degree holders have participated in innovative research in fields such as robotics, autonomous driving, deep learning and large models.

　　Staff members are at Chinese job-seeking service provider Liepin's recruitment area for the internet industry during the China Internet Conference in Beijing on July 10. CHINA DAILY