Elder Care Graduates in Hot Demand in China

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As China’s population rapidly ages, elder care facilities are scrambling to secure access to young talent. China’s first ever class of elder care degree holders has been in hot demand since graduating this summer, with job vacancies outnumbering jobseekers six to one at some university career fairs, the state-owned Workers’ Daily reported on Monday. The country faces an acute shortage of trained elder care workers as the population rapidly ages. The number of people in China aged 60 or over hit 296 million in 2023, and this figure is forecast to surpass 400 million by 2035. In 2019, Chinese authorities announced plans to alleviate this talent gap by encouraging universities to set up dedicated elder care degrees. The long-term goal was to convince at least one high education institution in each province to launch a home economics or elder care program. Two universities launched the country’s first elder care bachelor’s degrees the following year, and the first batch of studen ………………………………