Jane Chen / Shanghai Daily news

Many of this year's female postgraduates have come to find their pay disappointing, as fewer than 10 percent are earning a monthly salary over 4,000 yuan (US$484), today's Shanghai Morning Post reported.
Citing a survey by an unidentified local university, the report said half of the female postgraduate respondents hoped to earn between 3,000 and 4,000 yuan each month.
But in fact, only about 27 percent of them are earning that amount, while nearly 60 percent receive 3,000 yuan. 
About 4 percent have not yet found a job.
Education experts cited the increased supply of postgraduate students after China adopted an expanded higher educaton enrollment policy in 1999 as the reason for the disappointing pay.
They predict stiffer competition in the job market and caution postgraduate students to adjust their pay expectations.
Continuing the expansion policy with postgraduate enrollment, China plans to recruit 360,000 students in 2005, up nearly 10 percent from 2004, according to vice Education Minister Wu Qidi.
She spoke yesterday at the ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the graduate school of the Beijing Institute of Technology.
In 2004, China enrolled more than 320,000 students for postgraduate programs.