{"id":253874,"date":"2026-05-24T04:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T08:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/wanted-ai-professionals-to-lean-into-chinas-surging-demand-for-future-tech\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T04:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T08:30:08","slug":"wanted-ai-professionals-to-lean-into-chinas-surging-demand-for-future-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/24\/wanted-ai-professionals-to-lean-into-chinas-surging-demand-for-future-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanted: AI professionals to lean into China\u2019s surging demand for future tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3354669\/wanted-ai-professionals-lean-chinas-surging-demand-future-tech\">Wanted: AI professionals to lean into China\u2019s surging demand for future tech<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3354669\/wanted-ai-professionals-lean-chinas-surging-demand-future-tech\">https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3354669\/wanted-ai-professionals-lean-chinas-surging-demand-future-tech<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-24 04:13:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.scmp.com\">www.scmp.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Recruitment platform Zhilian Zhaopin reported on Wednesday that listings on the site for AI product managers rose by 81 per cent year on year while demand for technical positions \u2013 such as AI engineers and AI data trainers \u2013 grew by 17 per cent during the same period.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cCompanies across all sectors are now hiring AI engineers and AI product managers, whereas in the past, it was basically just the top-tier tech giants,\u201d Chinese news outlet Caixin quoted Zhilian Zhaopin vice-president Li Qiang as saying.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Caixin report published on Friday did not specify the number of openings posted for the positions.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Demand for AI product managers has also soared on recruitment platform Maimai.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In its \u201c2025 Talent Migration Report\u201d, the company said the biggest growth in demand across all job categories was for AI product managers, with the number of advertised positions growing by 369.4 per cent year on year.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">That was followed by 248.7 per cent increase in demand for large 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