AI recruiters are reshaping China’s HR services by speeding up interviews and matching job seekers with openings through AI-driven tools, including digital human recruiters like Guangmou (Glowing Eyes) developed by China International Intellectech Group Co.

AI is acting as a digital HR staffer, enabling escrow-style recruitment, customized hiring solutions, talent training, and analytics to post jobs, screen resumes, design interview plans, and conduct interviews.

From resumes, AI generates customized interview plans and conducts objective evaluations, signaling a shift toward fairer and more efficient hiring.

Industry and government leaders, including the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, stress HR’s strategic role in socioeconomic development and endorse support for big data, cloud computing, and AI in HR services.

During the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), China’s HR sector includes over 70,000 agencies employing more than 1 million people, delivering roughly 300 million employment-related services annually and about 50 million professional support and consultancy services for domestic employers each year.

Official figures show China has over 70,000 HR agencies with more than 1 million employees, delivering hundreds of millions of employment-related services during the plan period.

A January Nowcoder.com report shows AI usage in recruitment surged to 71.5% in 2024, more than tripling the rate from 2023.

The same Nowcoder report highlights rapid AI adoption in recruitment across companies.

Government support for AI in HR is rising, with both Shanghai and central authorities promoting AI-driven transformation, intelligent recruiting, talent evaluation, and training products to improve public services and job matching.

Industry voices, such as Li Qiang of Zhaopin, say AI recruitment upgrades traditional methods by standardizing data, enabling multidimensional analyses, and helping build valuable talent-management assets for firms.

Employers are increasingly seeking tailored AI-enabled solutions from HR providers to improve talent fit, moving away from one-size-fits-all products toward personalized talent ecosystems.

From a job seeker’s view, AI recruiters can quickly identify resume issues and speed up interview prep, though candidates note the need to adapt to AI-driven processes.