What occupations do Chinese people engage in after immigrating to Spain?

In recent years, many people in China have chosen to immigrate to Spain. So what kind of occupations do Chinese immigrants usually engage in when they go to Spain? Let’s take a detailed look at the occupations that Chinese immigrants engage in after immigrating to Spain.

1. Staff stationed abroad

Currently, Spain has become the seventh largest destination for Chinese investment in Europe. Chinese companies’ investments in Spain are mainly concentrated in infrastructure, real estate, and video. , finance and other fields. Many Chinese companies that invest in or cooperate with Spain have staff stationed abroad. For example, well-known companies such as Huawei and Lenovo have staff stationed in Spain.

2. Service industry workers

As more and more Chinese come to Spain to study, travel, shop, etc., in order to better serve the Chinese, employers in these industries will We prefer to recruit Chinese shop assistants who can speak English. For example, Chinese shop assistants can be found in many duty-free shops, luxury stores, discount villages, etc. in Spain.

3. Self-employment

In fact, a survey by the Spanish Ministry of Labor shows that more than half of the nearly 100,000 Chinese immigrants to Spain belong to the boss model, the highest proportion in Spain . In terms of industry classification, those engaged in business occupy the first place, followed by the car repair industry, catering industry, construction industry, etc.

According to a survey by the Spanish Ministry of Labor, the number of self-employed Spanish immigrants has increased by 7% in the past year. Compared with the number of self-employed Spanish immigrants in 2008 before the crisis, there were 240,000 self-employed foreigners. In the deep crisis years of 2009 and 2010, both were It dropped to less than 200,000, but began to slowly recover in 2011, and is now close to 300,000. These data show that foreign Spanish immigrants are working hard to fight the crisis and have achieved great results, and the number of immigrants to Spain for business is also increasing day by day.

4. Chinese Teachers

At present, the total number of people learning Chinese in Spain has exceeded 40,000. As the relationship between China and Spain becomes more friendly, cultural exchanges between the two countries have become increasingly frequent. . This has also led to an increasing demand for Chinese teachers in Spain, causing many Chinese immigrants to choose to teach Chinese in Spain or open Chinese schools there.

5. Sino-Western Trade Personnel

With the rapid development of China's economy, trade between China and the West has become more frequent. Many Chinese will try to engage in Chinese trade in the fields of red wine, olive oil, clothing, etc. Import and export trade with Spain.