Some 25 million young people will be looking for 11 million available jobs this year, state media reported, citing the National Development and Reform Commission. The NDRC described the situation as the "country's worst employment crisis ever" as children of baby boomers, born around 1980, sought their first jobs in 2006. China can generate 11 million new jobs this year, the NDRC said, but it added that at no time in this decade has job creation exceeded 10 million a year. Guo Yue, a researcher with the Institute for Labor Studies under the Ministry of Labor and Social Security said: "The government is racking its brains to create jobs as it braces for a real tough year."