A massive job fair opened on Sunday in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, spotlighting careers in the industries of the future, attracting a huge crowd of job seekers.
Running until Monday, the job fair brought together nearly 2,000 employers with more than 85,000 job opportunities.
With a heavy emphasis on frontier areas, the event has set up 17 specialized recruitment zones, providing opportunities in artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, low-altitude economy, commercial aerospace, smart home appliances and advanced equipment manufacturing.
Nearly 120,000 eager job seekers flooded the venue on the opening day with long queues forming in front of popular hiring booths.
"I saw so many excellent companies here. Grouped by specialization, there are companies focusing on new materials, AI, and electronic information. I am specifically looking for opportunities in new materials, semiconductors, or new energy," said Shi Mengyi, a student from South China University of Technology.
A major innovation at the fair was the introduction of a special zone for "One-Person Company" (OPC). This emerging entrepreneurial model leverages AI to allow a single individual or a small team to handle the entire business chain, from research and development and manufacturing to marketing.
"A major highlight of the job fair is the introduction of the OPC zone. We essentially brought incubators for OPCs to the event, providing services including mentorship, policy guidance, incubation space access, and investment and financing matchmaking, comprehensively empowering college students with aspirations to start their own businesses," said Zhang Xuchuang, an official from the Guangdong Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security.
Guangdong job fair attracts applicants with positions in future industries
A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday slammed Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te over his latest remarks on cross-Strait relations, accusing him of promoting secessionism and escalating tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
Chen Binhua, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said in a press release that Lai's speech marking his second anniversary in office was "filled with lies and deception, hostility and confrontation."
Chen accused Lai of stubbornly adhering to a secessionist stance in pursuit of "Taiwan independence," while exaggerating the so-called threats from the mainland and intensifying confrontation across the Strait.
Lai played an old trick of advocating the secessionist agenda on one hand and, on the other, calling insincerely for dialogue and exchanges with the mainland, attempting to mislead people in Taiwan and deceive the international community, he said.
Chen said that these common tricks have been seen through by more and more Taiwanese people. Their deceptive and provocative actions will be met with firm opposition from compatriots on both sides and the international community, and are doomed to fail.
Reaffirming the mainland's position on the Taiwan question, Chen said Taiwan has never been a country, is not one now, and will never become one in the future.
He described the Taiwan question as a historical issue left over from a Chinese civil war in the 1940s.
No election result in Taiwan could alter the fact that Taiwan is part of China or sever the historical and legal bonds linking the two sides of the Strait, according to Chen.
The mainland would never allow any person or force to pursue secessionist activities under any pretext, he added.
Calling secessionists "the chief culprit" who undermines cross-Strait peace, Chen said the mainland would continue to uphold the one-China principle and the 1992 Consensus, unite broadly with Taiwan compatriots, combat secessionist activities, and safeguard peace and stability across the Strait.
Central government spokesperson refutes Lai Ching-te's latest remarks, warns against secessionist moves
