China’s Electronics-Makers Dash Hopes for Post ‘Zero Covid’ Hiring Blitz

Electronics manufacturers in eastern and southern China haven’t been hiring as many workers as expected since the end of the “zero-Covid” policy due to sluggish growth in new orders.

In Shenzhen, the southern tech hub teeming with electronics factories, a manager of a local employment agency said his company hired 400 to 500 workers per day during a 10-day hiring event earlier this year, down from the 1,000 workers per day it typically hired in the month after the Lunar New Year holiday in previous years.