Digital tech applications creating jobs for women, engineers, says LinkedIn

Emerging jobs related to the digital economy have been and are expected to continue growing quickly in China as digital technology is applied in more fields, said a senior executive from LinkedIn.

New media operators, front-end development engineers, algorithm engineers, user interface designers, and data analysts were the top five professions with the fastest growing number of practitioners in China on the US-based professional networking site from 2013 to 2017, said Lu Jian, president of LinkedIn China in an exclusive interview with China Daily.

"Digital economy, which has become part of the national strategy, is just unfolding in the country. It won't surprise us if such jobs continue to draw employees of both genders and in both urban and rural areas in the coming years," Lu said.