Companies in China are planning to hire more expatriates in the next year, but a large percentage of those expatriates are already living in China, according to a new global human resources services company report.

 

The report says 53 percent of surveyed organizations plan to hire more expatriates within the next 12 months.

 

Expatriates that are recruited from outside Asia are no longer the largest expatriate group in China. They represent only one-fourth of all expatriates this year, compared with just over 30 percent in 2005.

 

Instead, companies are increasingly recruiting foreigners who already live in China.

 

However, the most senior hires, such as executive directors, non-China-based expatriates still make up the largest portion, the report says. 

 

(CRI December 15, 2006)