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THE Shenzhen booth at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in Futian District was packed with young jobseekers Saturday, when a large employment fair kicked off with 1,825 enterprises from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area offering more than 65,000 job openings.

Part of the 2025 “Million Professionals Converge in Guangdong” initiative, the two-day event featured a dedicated APEC Economies Recruitment Zone for companies seeking to hire overseas returnees and international students, with roles available in regions such as Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.

The fair targeted fresh graduates, interns, domestic and overseas students and skilled elites, drawing nearly 150,000 attendees from over 1,700 universities at home and abroad, official figures showed. Opportunities covered the full talent spectrum: nearly 9,000 doctoral positions, over 12,000 master’s positions, and more than 35,000 bachelor’s positions. Some companies such as Fangda, Xpeng, and Sunwoda offered over 8,000 associate/technical roles. Compensation was highly competitive: almost half of the positions carried annual salaries above 200,000 yuan (US$28,500); more than 4,000 roles offered between 500,000 and 1 million yuan; over 600 roles exceeded 1 million yuan.

Bruno Ribeiro Amorim, a Brazilian postgraduate majoring in business administration at the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), Shenzhen, sent out  seven resumes to large international companies for roles relevant to business development, logistics, sourcing, and procurement.

“All these roles are very interesting to me. There were positions open in Brazil, but right now my main interest is here. My objective is to stay in China and do business here for many years.”

Samin Mohammad Abdullah from Bangladesh, a major in computer science, is focused on technology consultant or analyst positions and enjoys working with AI, with an eye toward an R&D career.

Belarusian student Kulaha Stanislau, who has an engineering background for his bachelor’s degree and now studies business administration at HIT Shenzhen, is seeking fintech roles. “I have had deep discussions with a financial company.”

Stanislau said that working in China requires a deeper understanding of the local environment and hands-on industry experience beyond the student context, so he is eager to gain that exposure.

“Shenzhen’s strong entrepreneurial support make it an ideal place to learn, test ideas, and scale impact,” he said.

Bazina Daria, from Russia, is drawn to international marketing operations in consumer goods firms, where she can apply skills in global strategy, market analysis, and  cross-cultural communication.