Survey: Small cities have an edge over bigger rivals in job relocation

Second-tier cities are becoming more attractive to Chinese labor for job relocation, according to a report released yesterday by Manpower, the world's leading employment service provider.

The findings were based on interviews with over 1,070 people as part of Manpower's Cross-city Talent Migration Survey.

Nearly 30 percent of respondents said they had relocated for work in the past, and of this 32 percent moved within the first-tier cities while 21 percent relocated from first-tier to emerging cities.