China - Recent Storyline: AI talent in high demand during China's spring hiring season [Voice_over] China's spring hiring season is underway with companies in emerging sectors, especially those in the AI industry, leading the race for talent. At a recent job fair for university graduates in Shanghai, private companies made a strong presence, accounting for nearly 50 percent of employers. The most sought-after positions included algorithm engineers, marketing specialists, and professionals in home services and elderly care services. Salaries for AI positions, like large AI model researcher or algorithm engineer, pay upwards of 5,500 U.S. dollars per month, while salaries for caregiving roles range from 1,400 to 4,000 per month. [Sound_bite] Zhou Guoliang, Director, Shanghai Employment Promotion Center: "There are many companies from emerging industries. The average salary across the job fair is estimated to be around 1,400 U.S. dollars per month, with some high-end and emerging manufacturing companies offering salaries of at least 2,800 to 4,100 U.S. dollars per month." [Voice_over] At a recent job fair in east China's Hangzhou City, an emerging tech powerhouse where DeepSeek was born, a host of tech firms and research institutions were looking for talent in the AI sector. Several employers highlighted the demand for multi-disciplinary candidates skilled in both hardware and AI algorithms. [Sound_bite] Wang Lin, Staff from Taobao and Tmall Group: "This year, over 90 percent of the positions we're hiring for are technical roles, mostly in algorithms, like AIGC, large models, and natural language processing. With the rapid rise of AI, about half of our openings at this job fair are for AI-related positions." [Sound_bite] Job seeker: "Hangzhou is a rapidly growing city that's home to many large private companies, presenting many opportunities for us graduates." [Voice_over] China aims to become the world's major AI innovation center by 2030, with the scale of its AI core industry expected to exceed 140 billion U.S. dollars. [Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland]