Despite the choking smog, Beijing is still the number one choice for graduate job seekers based on its "soft environment", according to a report published last Tuesday.

根据上周二发布的一项报告显示，尽管雾霾严重，但是北京仍凭借其“软环境”成为毕业生找工作的首选之地。

Researchers at the Center for China and Globalization and education consultancy MyCOS analyzed¹ responses from 20,000 graduates.

中国与全球化智库及教育咨询机构麦可斯的研究人员分析了来自2万名毕业生的调查报告。

They found that the Chinese capital was the preferred choice for finding work based on social environment, economic development, infrastructure², consumption habits and internationalized atmosphere. Shenzhen, Shanghai and Guangzhou were their next choices.

他们发现，中国首都北京因社会环境、经济发展、基础设施、消费习惯及国际氛围优越，仍是求职者的不二之选。而深圳、上海及广州则位列北京之后。

Graduates on average were likely to turn down a job in a smaller city that paid up to 1,120 yuan more a month to stay in Beijing, the report said.

报告称，通常毕业生会选择留在北京而放弃小城市的工作，尽管这需要承受每月超过1120元的固定成本。

For Shenzhen and Shanghai, the offer to relocate would have to exceed 1,000 yuan a month, or to move to Guangzhou it would have to be 441 yuan better a month.

而对于深圳和上海来说，重新定居的成本每月将会超过1000元，选择到广州工作的话，其成本可能是每月441元。

The report included only cities with a population of at least 1 million.

此项报告仅调查了人口超过100万的城市。

Wang Boqing, founder³ of MyCOS and an expert in college graduate employment, said although metropolises⁴ are still top choices for graduates to work in, the past three years have seen more university and college students work in prefecture-level cities, or even smaller cities, suggesting more are choosing to avoid the pressure of big cities.

王伯庆是麦可斯创立者，同时也是一位大学毕业生就业专家。他表示，尽管大都市仍是求职者的首选，不过在过去的三年内，越来越多的大学毕业生选择在地级市甚至是更小的城市工作。这些地方没有大城市那样的压力。