The top three cities attracting job seekers in the first half of the year are first-tier cities including Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen, and new-first tier cities such as Hangzhou and Chengdu are welcoming more young adults, according to a report released by online job-hunting platform Liepin.
During the January to June period in 2023, about 10.15, 7.86 and 7.32 percent of job seekers are looking for jobs in Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen. Guangzhou and Hangzhou remained in fourth and fifth.
Data from Liepin also showed 39.2 percent of people that left the four first-tier cities (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen) during the past three years have chosen to seek work there again.
Let's take a look at the full top 10.
No 10 Chongqing
This aerial photo taken on April 20, 2023 shows a view of Guoyuan Port in Southwest China's Chongqing. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 9 Wuhan
A designer's sketch of the Senbo Resort at the Sino-French Peninsula Town in the Sino-French Wuhan Ecological Demonstration City, Wuhan, Hubei province. CHINA DAILY
No 8 Nanjing
Candidates look at employment opportunities at a job fair in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. [Photo by Liu Jianhua/For China Daily]
No 7 Suzhou
Vehicles from Chinese brands wait to be exported from a port in Suzhou, Jiangsu province. [Photo provided to China Daily]
No 6 Chengdu
Passengers pass a train with elements of the Chengdu FISU World University Games in the Chengdudong Railway Station in Chengdu, Sichuan province. [Photo by Xu Luchuan/for chinadaily.com.cn]
No 5 Hangzhou
Tourists enjoy lotus flowers in the West Lake scenic area in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, July 25, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 4 Guangzhou
This photo shows the final inspection line of the new energy vehicle assembly shop of GAC Aion in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, July 3, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua]
No 3 Shenzhen
Visitors gather at the booth of Skyworth, a home appliance maker, during a high-tech expo in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, in June. [Photo/China Daily]
No 2 Beijing
A view of Beijing's CBD area on Aug 19, 2022. [Photo/VCG]
