Record number of students to graduate college in China in 2025

People walk near the gate of Tsinghua University in Beijing

BEIJING (Reuters) - China is projected to have a total of 12.22 million college graduates in 2025, state news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday, a record high.

With an increase of 430,000 college graduates next year, Chinese youth may have a hard time finding jobs as growth in the world's second-largest economy has slowed, analysts say.

(Reporting by Ellen Zhang and Kevin Yao; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)