China Association of Foreign Service Trade (CAFST) has released statistics recommending nearly 300,000 Chinese employees to work in foreign representative offices or firms in China.

The first Chinese employees were recommended to work in foreign representative office in Beijing by Beijing Foreign Enterprises Service Group Co., Ltd in 1979. In 1989, as China sped up its reform and opening up, the CAFST was established to oversee the foreign service trade in China.

CAFST now has 100-plus members in 31 cities, provinces and autonomous regions throughout the country. The main business of the members is providing human resources services for foreign firms in China.

CAFST members also engaged in tourism, trade, logistics, real estate and education, CAFST said.

Source: Xinhua