Finding suitable employment could prove difficult for China's college graduates this summer as a record 7.7 million leave higher education and enter the country's job market amid a slowing economy.

For some, such as Guan Hongtao from Xi'an, Shaanxi province, a lack of opportunities in his chosen city of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, has forced him to widen his job search.

The 26-year-old, who expects to obtain a master's degree in July, had been looking for work at a public hospital or biopharmaceutical firm but "found it very difficult".