Internet, e-commerce firms hire most people

Source: Xinhua | 2018-01-30

THE Internet and e-commerce industry was the largest employer in China last year, followed by the investment and securities sector, recruitment portal 51job.com said in a report yesterday.

Internet and e-commerce companies offered 3.96 million job positions last year, exceeding the 2.72 million positions offered by investment and securities companies, 51job.com said based on a total of 36 million non-repeated job advertisements it published last year.

Positions for educational and training personnel surged 42 percent year on year to 2.21 million, the quickest among all tracked sectors.