July 19, 2021 There is a growing awareness among the Chinese public that a good education means very little for many graduates when it comes to the job market. South China Morning Post What qualification does one need to process tobacco leaves and roll cigarettes on a factory floor? In central China’s Henan province, the job is being done by people with master‘s degrees. Cigarette manufacturer China Tobacco Henan Industrial Co. has been at the centre of controversy recently because of the impressive qualifications of its newly recruited production line staff. Nearly a third of the 135 newly enrolled production line workers held a master’s degree, while the rest were all undergraduates, some from China’s high-ranking universities, according to a list published on the website of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration in April which recently gained traction online.