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Time:2025-05-14
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China‘s Top 100 Cities for Talent Attraction in 2025: Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen Lead the Rankings
According to the China Urban Talent Attractiveness Ranking: 2025 released by Zhaopin, the top three most attractive cities for talent in China remain Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. Over 50% of the top 100 cities are located in eastern China. Based on the Talent Attractiveness Index, Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen retained their positions as the top three cities in 2024, with no changes in the top ten rankings compared to 2023. As the political, economic, and cultural hub, Beijing has maintained its first-place ranking for consecutive years due to its competitive salaries, diversified industrial structure, and concentration of top universities and research institutions, sustaining net talent inflows. Shanghai, with its large and stable economy, thriving high-tech industries, and modern service sector, continues to narrow the gap with Beijing in talent attractiveness. Shenzhen and Guangzhou remain stable in third and fourth places, respectively. Hangzhou, driven by rapid growth in smart IoT and e-commerce industries, consistently leads among second-tier cities, ranking fifth from 2020 to 2024. Chengdu, Nanjing, and Suzhou hold steady at sixth, seventh, and eighth positions, while Wuhan retains ninth place. Wuxi continues to stay in the top ten after first entering the list in 2022. Graduates and Advanced Degree Holders Prefer Tier 1-2 Cities In 2024, 17.4% of graduates and 23.2% of master’s/PhD holders applied to jobs in tier-1 cities—2.0 and 7.8 percentage points higher, respectively, than the overall talent flow to these cities. Approximately 50% of graduates and advanced-degree talent targeted tier-2 cities. Combined, 66.1% of graduates and 72.7% of master’s/PhD holders flowed into tier 1-2 cities, exceeding the overall talent inflow rate (58.2%). Advanced-degree talent showed a stronger preference for tier-1 cities (+7.8 percentage points) and tier-2 cities (+6.7 percentage points) compared to the general talent pool. Regional Talent Mobility Trends (2020–2024) Yangtze River Delta: Talent inflow increased slightly (22.0% → 22.2%), while outflow declined (15.6% → 14.4%). Pearl River Delta: Inflow rose marginally, with outflow dropping from 9.4% to 9.1%. Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei: Both inflow and outflow decreased. Chengdu-Chongqing: Stable inflow/outflow ratios. Central Yangtze: Minor declines in both metrics. Overall, talent mobility across China’s five major city clusters declined, with combined inflow falling from 61.4% to 60.3% and outflow dropping from 53.6% to 50.2%. Tier-1 Cities: Net Inflows Decline in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou; Shenzhen Holds Steady In 2024, net talent inflow ratios for Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou dipped slightly, while Shenzhen remained stable: Beijing: 0.4% | Shanghai: 1.3% | Shenzhen: 1.2% | Guangzhou: 0.8%. Shenzhen’s permanent population grew by 200,000 in 2024, ranking among the highest nationally. From 2020 to 2024, its net talent inflow ratio fluctuated between 1.1% and 1.4%, supported by rapid economic growth, lower residency thresholds than Beijing/Shanghai, and innovative industries offering abundant jobs. Shenzhen’s talent inflow/outflow ratios both declined (inflow: 4.6% → 4.0%; outflow: 3.3% → 2.8%), reducing overall mobility while maintaining stable net inflows. Shenzhen’s Talent Sources In 2024, the top ten source cities accounted for 38.6% of Shenzhen’s talent inflow (down from 39% in 2023), with three Pearl River Delta cities contributing 18.0%. Guangzhou (10%) and Shenzhen (8.9%) are each other’s top talent-exchange partners. Shenzhen’s appeal stems from its GDP of RMB 3.7 trillion (2023, ranked 3rd nationally), relaxed residency policies, and innovative industrial ecosystem. By 2024, Shenzhen hosted over 25,000 national high-tech enterprises—12 per square kilometer, the highest density in China. Population Control Targets Per the Shenzhen Territorial Space Master Plan (2021–2035) approved by China’s State Council in January 2025, Shenzhen’s permanent population will be capped at 19 million by 2035, with managed service populations limited to approximately 23 million.
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