Expat jobs in some sectors increasing 外籍来华就业在这些行业有所增加

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The service, IT and media industries have overtaken the education industry as major job sources for expats in China, according to figures from the 2019 Job Fair for Foreigners in Beijing.

The job fair, organised on Sunday (April 21) by the Foreign Talent Research Centre and the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, has nearly 1,000 jobs available in a range of professions, and attracted more than 500 expats.

The expat job market - once dominated by language teachers - has seen a major shift.

Approximately half the jobs available at the fair were in the sales, media, marketing and IT sectors, including openings for journalists, brand and communication managers and software engineers.

Last year marked the first time China's giant IT and Internet sector - led by Tencent Holdings Ltd. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. - has cut back on job ads since 2015, the study showed.

The income gap between expats and Chinese employees in the same positions has been reduced in past decades. In the 2000s, the annual salary of a foreign employee would be five to 10 times higher than that of a Chinese employee, but the gap is narrower now at about two to three times, partly because salaries paid to Chinese have risen faster than expat salaries.

Statistics from the State administration showed that China has attracted expats from Asian and European countries because of its rapid economic growth and a widening range of opportunities.

Data collected from the previous 10 years at the Beijing job fair showed that more than 50 per cent of job seekers are from European countries, with a majority from Spain and Portugal, while about 25 per cent are from Asian countries, with a majority from India.

Last year, China issued about 336,000 work permits to foreigners. China had a total of more than 950,000 expats working in the country as at the end of last year, according to the administration. By comparison, there were only 180,000 foreign workers employed in China in 1996.

Following changes to visa rules, foreigners of Chinese origin will be able to apply for visas valid for multiple entries over a period of five years, up from one year previously.

外籍来华就业在这些行业有所增加

2019外籍人才招聘会近日在北京举行，参加本届招聘会的用人单位分别来自北京、上海等十几个省市，职位种类涉及语言教师、专业教师、语言编辑、播音、企业管理、高级设计师、工程师、技术顾问、生物医学、计算机、市场营销人才等。本次招聘会共吸引了500余名外籍人士，分别来自美国、英国、加拿大、德国、日本、澳大利亚、意大利、法国、俄罗斯、阿根廷、南非等30余个国家和地区，他们希望通过招聘会开拓更加适合自己的职业发展道路。此次招聘会数据显示，曾经有语言教师主导的外籍劳务市场已发生重大转变，服务业，IT和媒体领域发展前景广阔，是吸引外籍人才来华工作的主要原因。

近年来，中国通过更加务实的人才引进政策，对外国人才来华签证、居住，进一步放宽条件，简化程序，解决引进人才的社会保障、户籍、子女教育等问题，取得了显著成效。

2018年中国累计发放外国人才工作许可证33.6万份，在中国境内工作的外国人已经超过95万人。这表明中国正日益成为世界各国人才创新创业的理想栖息地。

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