Overseas Returnees

A recent survey showed overseaseducated Chinese still prefer to work in China’s first-tier cities after returning home.

About 18.6 percent of respondents returning from overseas chose to work in Beijing, followed by Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen with 15.6 percent, 13.4 percent and 12 percent respectively, according to the survey, which was jointly released by China’s major job search websites and a study abroad agency.

Emerging cities such as Hangzhou, Wuhan, Nanjing, Chengdu and Suzhou are also popular among returned Chinese looking to find work.

Jobs in finance, IT, telecommunications, electronics, the Internet sector and education are the top