Chinese hotels and restaurants are looking for employees amid the recovery in demand in the service sector after the end of Beijing’s zero-COVID protocols, with a survey by a top recruiter showing an increase in job opportunities in the hospitality sector.
During the first six days of work after the Lunar New Year holiday in China, vacancies in the hotel and restaurant industries increased by 40% over the same period a year earlier, according to a survey released Friday by Zhaopin, one of the largest recruiting companies in the county .
Passenger vehicle and freight truck drivers and air and train crews are also badly needed, with job openings increasing by 85.2% over the same period, due to the busy transportation and logistics sector a following China’s post-COVID reopening.
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Openings in the tourism services sector grew by 58.9% on the abandonment of the zero-COVID regime and the recovery of demand during the festival season, while the posting of workers in the manufacturing sector also increased by 42.2%.
China’s hospitality industry has seen a surge in labor demand following the reopening of the nation’s post-COVID lockdown
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The poll was resumed on January 28-February. 2 in 38 major cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.
According to the survey, the cities of Foshan, Guangzhou and Dongguan in the southern economic powerhouse of Guangdong Province experienced rapid year-on-year growth in overall vacancies of 43.2%, 19.6% and 9.2% respectively. %. The country’s largest provincial economy aims to achieve gross domestic product (GDP) growth of more than 5% in 2023, after its economy grew by just 1.9% in 2022 due to frequent COVID-related lockdowns .
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Some 72% of companies surveyed said they were optimistic about China’s economic development, with the easing of COVID curbs and the prioritization of economic growth boosting confidence.
With heightened uncertainty in China’s real estate and export sectors, however, more job seekers have sought secure positions. About 33.9% of job seekers said they would look for “stable jobs, with no risk of dismissal”, up from 26.8% last year.
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China’s services activity in January rose for the first time in five months, another private poll showed Friday.
