Self-starters get a helping hand

Mao Rui decided to start a company to teach foreign businessmen Chinese after receiving a master's degree from a prestigious Beijing university.

"I enjoy the uncertainties in running my own business and it makes me feel life is full of possibilities," said the 26-year-old.

"If I had chosen the same career path as most of my peers who majored in language - finding a job in a language school - my life might have become dull," she said.