How Many Jobs Has the Internet Created?

Based on the article, calculating the direct and indirect employment created by internet companies (assuming 70% flows to affiliated enterprises, roughly one job per 300,000–500,000 RMB in GMV):

Pinduoduo = 21.4 million

Meituan = 30.32 million jobs

JD.com = 17.15 million

Didi = 6 million

ByteDance = 20 million

Kuaishou = 7.6 million

Tencent = 51.45 million

Baidu = 3 million

Xiaohongshu = 1.5 million

Alibaba = 58.13 million

The top internet companies collectively create approximately 220 million direct and indirect jobs in related sectors (including flexible employment).

According to the All-China Federation of Trade Unions' "Ninth National Survey on the Status of the Workforce," there are 402 million employed workers nationwide. Additionally, flexible workers—such as ride-hailing drivers, delivery couriers, truck drivers, and social media creators—total about 84 million. Migrant workers number 293 million (excluding rural residents engaged in agricultural production). Adding an estimated 30 million agricultural workers brings the total to roughly 800 million; excluding the 290 million migrant workers leaves 510 million. Employment generated by top internet platforms accounts for approximately 43% of this core 510-million workforce. (Those not captured in these figures are primarily public institution employees, civil servants, and individuals without earning capacity.)

A Serious Question: How Much Employment Have Internet Giants Really Created?