China's AI job market is expanding rapidly, with new postings from January to July 2025 up more than tenfold and resume submissions surging elevenfold year on year, according to Maimai, a LinkedIn-like professional networking platform.

While demand for algorithm engineers remains intense—particularly in search algorithms where five jobs compete for two candidates—non-technical positions also rose 7.7 times year on year. The hiring wave is spilling into campus recruitment, with over half of entry-level AI roles on Maimai offering monthly pay above 50,000 yuan (US$6,900).

As of July, more than 1,000 companies had posted 72,000 AI-related openings on the platform, spanning internet giants, multinationals, automakers, and specialized AI firms. ByteDance led new postings with a recruitment index of 29.83, followed by Xiaohongshu at 18.32 and Alibaba at 12.25. Vertical players such as Xpeng Motors, X Square Robot and Black Sesame Technologies also made the list.