In 2004, the number of applicants for the college entrance examination in Shandong Province reached 620,000, an increase of 90,000 over 2003. According to the data provided by the Provincial Admissions Office, the enrollment plan of the whole province is basically the same as that in 2003, with about 370,000 students, and the admission rate of the college entrance examination in 2004 will be around 60%.

Therefore, the number of fresh graduates in 2008 is not less than 400,000.

According to the data of the Ministry of Education, in 2008, the number of college graduates nationwide reached a record 5.59 million, an increase of 640,000 over last year, with an increase of nearly 13%.

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