Students find business success, even in failure

Students from Nankai University examine the quality of jujubes in Shanxi province in March, helping local farmers to sell their products online. [Photo/Xinhua]

"Nobody ordered them to do so, but the students are very active in starting their businesses. They fully use the knowledge they have mastered and are eager to learn what they don't know. They try their best to cooperate and coordinate with others," Gong, 60, told China Daily. "It's a rare phenomenon in China's traditional education."

The business boom among college students started to build steam in September 2014, after Premier Li Keqiang called for mass entrepreneurship and innovation. In June last year, the State Council announced a string of policies, including financial assistance, to encourage business startups, ushering in a sweeping boom nationwide.