The People's Daily (June 23) reported that since the 18th Party Congress when Xi Jinping had stressed the importance of young people going to the front line of the countryside to build their careers and that ‘talent is the key to rural revitalization, the CCP CC's Organisation Department has been working to guide “all localities to actively select college graduates to work in villages.” It said that “by the end of 2020, a total of 537,000 college student village officials had been selected and hired across the country.” It added that “according to statistics, most of the 501,000 college student village officials who have completed their service have chosen to remain at the grassroots level. Among these, 176,000 have entered the civil service, 162,000 joined public institutions, and 227 and 12,000 were promoted to county-level and township-level cadre positions, respectively.” The paper added they have shown they are “willing to endure hardships and dedicate themselves, take the initiative to work and start businesses and make positive contributions in poverty alleviation and rural revitalization.”