Zhongshan Human Resources and Social Security Bureau recently released the citywide employment service data for February.

Data show that 6,300 people were newly employed in Zhongshan, 1,100 were reemployed, and about 200 with employment difficulties were employed as of the end of February.

In February, Zhonshan's human resources supply and demand was 109,028, including 69,044 open positions, up 23.6% from the previous month; and 39,984 job seekers, up 68.9% from the previous month. The demand-supply ratio was about 1.73, a decrease of 0.63 from the previous month.

In February, the number of new jobs in the primary, secondary, manufacturing, tertiary, wholesale and retail, and accommodation and restaurant industries were 338, 39,440, 37,561, 29,266, 3,649, and 1,958 respectively. The proportion of the demand for labor force in the primary and secondary industries increased, while the opposite was true for the tertiary industry.