By the end of November, small and medium enterprises in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region employed 3,049 college graduates this year, exceeding the regional government's goal of 3,000 hires, according to figures released by the local economic and information commission.

Of the sum, 1,400 college graduates are employed in capital city Yinchuan, 570 in the northern industrial city Shizuishan, 409 in Wuzhong City, 450 in Zhongwei City, 180 in Guyuan City and 40 in the region's Farms Agribusiness Group Company.