Why are taxi drivers mostly foreigners and bus drivers basically locals?

There are many reasons for this phenomenon. For ordinary bus drivers, they need to pass the formal examination to be admitted. Moreover, local hukou has advantages, so most bus drivers are locals, so it is more convenient to go home after work every day.

As a foreigner, it is different. If they want to develop into bus drivers in other cities, they should first consider the issues of hukou and housing. In addition, all kinds of documents and certificates are troublesome, so there are few outsiders for bus drivers. For taxi drivers, if they are locals, they can rarely do such boring work. Most local taxi drivers are basically part-time jobs.

Of course, this is also based on the relevant provisions of local government policies. Moreover, taxi drivers are highly mobile and there are many migrant workers. If they can't stand the hot work, many migrant workers choose to drive taxis to earn money to support their families. Of course, this is also determined by local government policies. This is not the case in some big cities in the south, such as Hong Kong and Shenzhen, because there are more migrants in a city, so there are more foreigners doing this kind of work.

Taxi drivers are a particularly obvious example. As bus drivers, their working environment is relatively good, and as locals, they have certain resource advantages, and bus drivers are jobs within the system, and some people can get pensions after retirement. In fact, the most important thing is to look at local government policies. After all, whatever you do is a respected profession.