Gov’t to offer 1,000 internships to step up youth employment support

Authorities will roll out around 1,000 internship placements this year for local graduates in Macau and mainland China, as part of wider efforts to ease employment pressure among young people, officials said.

The programme is coordinated by the Working Group for the Promotion of Employment and is designed to provide graduates with practical industry exposure across different sectors. It will be accompanied by large-scale job-matching events and targeted training schemes aligned with the peak graduation period.

Officials said most of this year’s graduates come from Humanities and Commerce disciplines.

Secretary for Economy and Finance and group coordinator Tai Kin Ip noted that the slight year-on-year increase in graduate numbers underscores the need to broaden job pathways beyond Macau.

He said opportunities will be expanded to include the Guangdong–Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone, other cities in the Greater Bay Area, and additional mainland locations.

In addition to the internship scheme, more than 2,000 vacancies are expected to be offered through upcoming recruitment fairs. A further 600 positions will be made available under an “Employment plus Training” programme developed in collaboration with private sector employers.

Data from the Statistics and Census Service showed unemployment rate for local residents remained steady at 2.2% for the December 2025 to February 2026 period, unchanged from the previous rolling quarter.