Despite disruptions by the COVID-19 epidemic, hiring demand in China saw an uptick last year, bucking a global downward trend, data from social networking platform LinkedIn showed.
新冠疫情对全球就业市场不可避免造成冲击，全球招聘需求下降，但社交网络平台领英的数据显示，2020年中国市场招聘需求逆势上扬。

In 2020, demand for recruitment by Chinese enterprises increased 26 percent from 2019, compared with a drop of 35 percent globally, according to LinkedIn data and surveys of about 5,500 global human resources managers.
领英对约5500名人力资源从业者的调研结果和平台大数据显示，2020年全球招聘需求下降35%，但中国企业的招聘需求较2019年增长了26%。

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About 76 percent of Chinese companies said they have recruitment plans for the following year, while 33 percent of the surveyed firms said they boosted their post-epidemic hiring budget, the data showed.
约76%的中国企业表示未来一年依然有招聘计划，有33%的受访企业在疫情后增加了外部人才招聘预算。

The epidemic also has facilitated a new way of working, with 45 percent of the surveyed firms offering opportunities to work from home, the data showed.
疫情下企业开始探索新型用工方式，45%的受访企业正在开放远程办公机会。