Shrinking expat job market

Employers are becoming increasingly picky about the type of qualifications held by foreign staff as the expatriate job market shrinks in Beijing, experts say.

Yang Jiameng, spokeswoman for the information center at the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (SAFEA), said there had been a huge increase in the number of expatriates looking for employment within China's job market in the past five years.

Industries with the most demand for foreign talent were education, finance and IT, she said.