Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou and other first-tier cities are not only hot places for employers, but for job-seekers as well. However, the situation may change in 2010.

A recent survey by a well-known institute showed that the number of people seeking their jobs in the first-tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou declined this year. Meanwhile, second-tier cities in the Yangtze River Delta, middle and western China regions became hot for job-seekers.

In terms of the proportion of job openings, the total number in Beijing, Shanghai and other bigger cities had declined from 44 percent to 32 percent by March 2010 from the previous year. Nearly 47 percent of people had plans to get their occupations in the non-first-tier cities like Wuhan, Hangzhou, Shenyang and Chengdu, according to the survey.

Source: People's Daily Online