Esports is preferred career among Chinese youth, survey finds


SHANGHAI (China Daily/ANN): Esports is the preferred career choice for those born between 2000 and 2010, according to a recent survey released in Shanghai.

Initiated by He Lingfeng, a psychology professor at Shanghai University of Sport, the report was based on a survey of more than 2,000 students from primary school to high school in Shanghai and data collected from the service centre of 12355 Shanghai Youth Online.

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