With her newly founded clothing company struggling amid China's economic downturn, 31-year-old Zhang Jiayi decided to join the trend of young Chinese adults becoming 'full-time children'.
According to Dr Xu, young people who were able to be full-time children were "lucky".Xu Chenggang says the young people who are able to become "full-time parents" are lucky.
The most recent data from China's National Bureau of Statistics showed that youth unemployment reached a record high of 21.3 per cent in June. Since then, Chinese young people have generally been enthusiastic about working or doing business, believing that it would help them change their lives and move up the social ladder.
"We do see changes in beliefs and values in terms of how individuals view work for themselves," Dr Zhou said.
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