State-owned groups top students' wish list

Domestic companies, especially State-owned enterprises (SOEs), are among the most popular choices in employment for university students in China, but new graduates' salary expectations are falling, the latest survey conducted by job-hunting firm ChinaHR.com reported.

The annual survey called, Best Employers for Chinese University Students, which has been running since 2002, assessed companies' compensation, corporate brand, corporate culture and employee development.

This year's survey, which was conducted between November 2007 and April 2008, looked at 182,000 graduates, undergraduates, PhD and college students from 676 universities and colleges nationwide.