What kind of technicians are most needed in China? A survey by the Ministry of Information Industry shows that online gaming technicians are most needed.

Specialized online gaming technicians including artist editors are less than 3,000 in China whilst the market has a demand of 600,000 of them.

The main reason behind this shortage of online gaming technicians is the fast development of online gaming industry. If the IT industries is said to be the fastest burgeoning industry, online gaming industry is the fastest growing area in the IT industries.

On the basis of 2.3 online game players for each online game user China has had more than 30 million online game players. On the one hand there are 30 million online game players and on the other there are less than 3,000 online gaming technicians. The sharp contrast is the current situation that China's online gaming industry is facing.

The direct result of this situation is that few excellent online games with independent intellectual property rights are owned by China. South Korean and Japanese online games are dominating China's online gaming industry.

(People’s Daily August 20, 2004)