Cities offer more low-paying jobs

With 13.52 million new urban jobs created in 2019 and the registered urban unemployment rate being 3.62 percent at the end of last year, China's employment situation is stable, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security officials said at a recent news conference.

The ministry also published a list of 10 most-wanted jobs: marketing personnel, cashiers, waiters, security guards, cleaners, merchandise salespersons, domestic maids, lathe operators, welders, and loading and unloading porters. Although these jobs don't require high-level special skills, they are the most wanted because the low wages they offer prompt people employed in such sectors to seek higher-paying jobs and thus create new vacancies.

In recent years, unable to afford the high cost of living in first-tier cities, many migrant laborers have chosen to return to their hometowns, increasing the demand for workers ready to take up low-wage jobs.