As China accelerates its digital transformation, major tech companies are stepping up efforts to recruit and train AI talent. Giants like Alibaba, Huawei, and Kuaishou are launching innovative programs to cultivate the next generation of digital professionals.
China’s e-commerce leader Alibaba kicked off its spring recruitment campaign in February, targeting domestic and international graduates expected to finish their studies between November 2025 and October 2026. The company is offering over 3,000 internship positions across various roles, including research and development, algorithms, technology, cybersecurity, and product planning. Nearly half of these positions focus on artificial intelligence.
In April, Huawei announced plans to recruit over 10,000 graduates in 2025, a significant increase from the previous year. The company’s focus is on key fields such as large AI models, high-performance computing, and ecosystem development. Huawei also aims to nurture more than 5,000 interns through training programs in testing, advanced research and development, and finance.
Meanwhile, China’s short video platform Kuaishou, known internationally as Kwai, is becoming a powerful engine for inclusive job creation. According to a 2024 report by Renmin University of China, Kwai generated 43.2 million job opportunities by the end of 2024, leading to the emergence of 174 new digital professions.
The platform has innovated with livestream job fairs, facilitating real-time matching between workers and employers. In a county in northeast China’s Jilin Province, a local labor bureau trained 2,180 hosts for livestreaming, who then helped place over 35,000 workers in jobs.
The report estimates that for every 100 million yuan (about $13.9 million) increase in livestream e-commerce gross merchandise value, around 1,200 new jobs are created.
“Livestream-based recruitment, as an emerging format in recent years, not only breaks through geographic and time constraints of traditional offline hiring but also offers job seekers more diverse options and flexibility. It effectively addresses labor shortages in sectors like manufacturing, improves the efficiency of job matching, and lowers overall recruitment costs,” said Zhang Chenggang, director of the China New Employment Forms Research Center.
Kuaishou aims to train 10 million people in digital skills over the next three years, focusing on emerging roles such as livestream hosts, AI application engineers, and digital marketers, the company told CGTN.
