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5 Special Report on the State of Business in South China
Q: Out of your total number of employees, how many are expatriates and/or foreign
passport holders?
60% Greater than 50 As in prior years, approximately half of
50% participants report employing fewer than
Between 21 and 50 5 foreign passport holders and around an-
40% other 30 percent reporting either 5 to 10
Between 11 and 20 or more than 50 expatriates. Slightly fewer
reported employing between 11 and 20
30% Between 5 and 10 expatriates, while nearly twice the number
of participants this year reported employ-
20% Less than 5 ing between 21 and 50 expatriates than
had last year.
10%
0% 2014 2013
2015
Q: Has your company taken advantage of the current labor market by hiring new
employees?
No No No
(16%) (19%) (21%)
Yes Yes Yes
(84%) (81%) (79%)
2015 2014 2013
60% More than 5,000
Between 1,000 and 5,000
Continuing a gradual rise from a his- 50% Between 500 and 1,000
toric low of 69.5 percent in 2012, the Between 250 and 500
Between 50 and 250
number of participants who reported hav- 40% Less than 50
ing “taken advantage of the current labor
market by hiring new employees” grew
once more this year to reach 83.5 percent. 30%
Out of companies which reported
hiring new employees over the course 20%
of 2014, we nd a somewhat similar dis-
tribution to prior years’ in terms of the 10%
number of new hires, with the exception
of a notable decrease in the proportion of 0%
participants reporting hiring more than 2015 2014 2013
5,000 new employees. is tracks with
the decline in the number of companies reporting that many Based on this year’s distribution of numbers hired and the
chamber’s current size of 2,300 members, we can estimate
employees overall, suggesting that this year’s participants are that over the course of 2014 AmCham South China compa-
nies hired 534,000 new employees in China.
less focused on labor-intensive (and likely low-margin) activi-
ties in favor of more highly-skilled work and workers.
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Q: Out of your total number of employees, how many are expatriates and/or foreign
passport holders?
60% Greater than 50 As in prior years, approximately half of
50% participants report employing fewer than
Between 21 and 50 5 foreign passport holders and around an-
40% other 30 percent reporting either 5 to 10
Between 11 and 20 or more than 50 expatriates. Slightly fewer
reported employing between 11 and 20
30% Between 5 and 10 expatriates, while nearly twice the number
of participants this year reported employ-
20% Less than 5 ing between 21 and 50 expatriates than
had last year.
10%
0% 2014 2013
2015
Q: Has your company taken advantage of the current labor market by hiring new
employees?
No No No
(16%) (19%) (21%)
Yes Yes Yes
(84%) (81%) (79%)
2015 2014 2013
60% More than 5,000
Between 1,000 and 5,000
Continuing a gradual rise from a his- 50% Between 500 and 1,000
toric low of 69.5 percent in 2012, the Between 250 and 500
Between 50 and 250
number of participants who reported hav- 40% Less than 50
ing “taken advantage of the current labor
market by hiring new employees” grew
once more this year to reach 83.5 percent. 30%
Out of companies which reported
hiring new employees over the course 20%
of 2014, we nd a somewhat similar dis-
tribution to prior years’ in terms of the 10%
number of new hires, with the exception
of a notable decrease in the proportion of 0%
participants reporting hiring more than 2015 2014 2013
5,000 new employees. is tracks with
the decline in the number of companies reporting that many Based on this year’s distribution of numbers hired and the
chamber’s current size of 2,300 members, we can estimate
employees overall, suggesting that this year’s participants are that over the course of 2014 AmCham South China compa-
nies hired 534,000 new employees in China.
less focused on labor-intensive (and likely low-margin) activi-
ties in favor of more highly-skilled work and workers.
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