Note that the article says the opposite: "The average monthly income three years after getting an undergraduate degree was 10,168 yuan in 2023, a third higher t

Note that the article says the opposite: "The average monthly income three years after getting an undergraduate degree was 10,168 yuan in 2023, a third higher than vocational school grads" Even if a university graduate spends a year unemployed mooching off their parents before finally landing a cushy office job, three years later they're caught up with people who spent that entire year toiling in a factory. It's the government that's trying to herd people into vocational schools to keep the manufacturing sector supplied with workers even though services are more profitable.