A recent survey shows that more than 50 percent of college graduates have been discriminated against in different ways, while about 60 percent of employers have specific requirements for an employee's hukou or home origin, according to Mirror Evening Newspaper.

The Research Report of Discrimination among the Employment of College Graduates, which was released on Monday by the constitutionalism research institute of the China University of Political Science and Law, revealed that more than 40 percent of college graduates were the victims of discrimination when interviewed by government institutions and 60 percent in company interviews.

Only 3.45 percent of the interviewees felt they had not been discriminated against in interviews.