An employee walks through Iflytek Co.'s regional headquarters in Guangzhou, China, on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. Iflytek, which specializes in voice recognition, is collaborating with Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd. on a network of health centers that will rely partly on artificial intelligence for diagnosis and treatment. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
Hiring by China’s technology companies plummeted by a fifth in 2018’s final quarter as the nation’s largest corporations grappled with mounting economic uncertainty, according to a study of national job ads released Jan 18.
The number of IT and internet positions advertised nationwide fell by 20% in the December quarter compared with a year earlier, according to a report from Renmin University and the country’s largest jobs website, Zhaopin Ltd. The drop was most pronounced in the internet and online gaming sectors, where ads slid 23% and 30%, respectively.
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