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Alibaba to hire 2,000 graduates in China amid youth unemployment, eased regulations

Bloomberg | | Posted by Singh Rahul Sunilkumar
Aug 19, 2023 11:49 AM IST

Alibaba's e-commerce arm is hiring 2,000 graduates as youth unemployment hits record levels and regulatory crackdown eases.

Alibaba Group Holding’s e-commerce arm in China is hiring more than 2,000 graduates amid record youth unemployment and as authorities eased their regulatory crackdown on technology platforms.

The Alibaba Group logo is lit up at its office building in Beijing, China (Reuters/File)
The Alibaba Group logo is lit up at its office building in Beijing, China (Reuters/File)

Taotian Group, the unit which includes Taobao and Tmall, is recruiting the graduates for a range of roles including design, product and data, according to a post on its official recruitment Wechat account on Thursday. The jobs will be based in at least six Chinese cities such as Hangzhou and Shanghai.

China suspended publishing data on its soaring youth unemployment rate in July, saying it needed to iron out complexities in the numbers. The rate had risen every month this year and reached a record 21.3% in June.

The youth unemployment rate usually jumps in summer as tens of millions of graduates hit the labor market, with 12 million students expected to graduate from universities and colleges in 2023, according to the Ministry of Education.

China Halts Youth Jobs Data, Stoking Transparency Concerns

The Chinese government extended an olive branch to big tech, after probes into companies such as Alibaba and Tencent Holdings ended in July with the imposition of massive fines. Premier Li Qiang has met with senior executives from Alibaba and other internet firms such as Bytedance Ltd. and JD.com Inc, and vowed to provide more support for the industry through creating a fair environment reduce compliance costs.

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