The number of foreigners currently employed in Shanghai has exceeded 50,000, reached 51,000, according to statistics recently released by the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Labor and Social Security.

Of the employees from 152 countries, the top 10 nationalities they belong to are Japan, US, ROK, Singapore, Germany, Malaysia, France, Canada, UK and Australia.

In term of the employment structure, the foreigners working in Shanghai present the characteristics of "three highs"¡ªhigh position, high academic level and high proportion of employment by foreign-invested companies

Ninety-nine percent of these people are administrative personnel or technicians, 90 percent have bachelor degree or above, 2.5 percent are doctoral degree holders or postdoctoral researchers, and 86 percent work at foreign-invested companies or the representative offices of foreign establishments.

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