More grads willing to work for free: Poll

BEIJING - About 18 percent of college graduates in the country said they will accept a job without pay for up to six months, a survey released by the Beijing Youth Stress Management Service Center on Sunday showed.

"College graduates are more realistic toward employment this year," Xiong Hanzhong, the center director, told China Daily on Monday.

"Only 1.3 percent of them made the same decision last year and the change indicates that college graduates are able to cope with pressure better," he said.