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In the People's Data Research Institute and Global Global Global Aoyako released in January this year, the "amphibious youth" ratio reached 27.6 %.Among these "amphibious youths", 9.8 % are engaged in two jobs and 17.8 % are engaged in three or more jobs.
After a busy work all day, 30 -year -old Xiao Chen returned home and had no time to stop, busy starting to operate his own sideline.
Xiao Chen, who is working in a public institution, has a Taobao store that provides customers with English media subscription services.In the interview, he told Lianhe Zaobao that in order to operate this online store, he had to reply to customers online and night, for fear that he would lose his customer because of his negligence.
The work of public institutions is very stable, but Xiao Chen admits that he is more inclined to put more time on the sideline."Frankly speaking, the opportunity that this sideline brings me and the potential value of the future is much larger than my own industry."
Like Xiao Chen, engaged in a stable industry at the same time part -time other jobs, becoming a new employment form of some young people in China in recent years, which is called "slash" or "amphibious" in China.
On Chinese social media such as Weibo, WeChat, Douban, there are many post -related posts related to the vice -business, and the content is diverse.There are eye -catching articles such as "10 minutes to do 10 minutes every day, easily enter 100,000 yuan (RMB, about 20,000 yuan)".
There is also a group with 210,000 members on Douban. Although it is named "One Day of the Failure of Sideament", the content is more about sharing the sideline experience. The group has also appeared on the group's popular trend list many times.
Yi Ting (a pseudonym, 22 years old), who is engaged in film and television in the post -film film and television stage, is like Xiao Chen. After returning home after a busy day, he will use his spare time to operate his own self -media.
Yi Ting created a self -media in the first half of this year as his own business.She admitted to this newspaper that when she operated two jobs at the same time, she still felt tired, but fortunately, the sideline was relatively free and would not be too difficult.
The Research Institute of Qingyan Think Tank and Nanjing University Zijin Media Research Institute and Du Xiaoman Financial's 2019 amphibious youth financial demand survey research shows that "amphibious youth" with or more sidelines accounts for 17.34 % of China's on -service youth groups.
In the 2021 youth employment and career planning report released by the People's Data Research Institute in January this year, this ratio reached 27.6 %.Among these "amphibious youths", 9.8 % are engaged in two jobs and 17.8 % are engaged in three or more jobs.
Qingyan's survey also pointed out that 82.9 % of the "amphibious youth" believes that engaging in multiple jobs can provide guarantees for income, can also expand their influence, network resources, and improve self -worth.
Xiao Chen told this newspaper that operating e -commerce can allow him to master the additional e -commerce operation skills, and also meet a group of like -minded customers and friends, and establish interpersonal networks.
Yi Ting also said that his own industry and sideline need to be made in the post -video production skills, which is highly correlated.While engaged in the sideline, her ability to work is also improving, and she can learn a lot of new things. These experiences are difficult to get only in the industry.
"Slip" has become a Chinese youth just need
The uncertainty brought by the crown disease epidemic, the downward of the Chinese economy leads to the unstable employment market, so that the "slash" is no longer just the choice of some Chinese youths, and it has gradually become a just need.
China has ushered in the largest graduation wave of college students this year, but the deteriorating employment market cannot absorb such a huge group of graduates, leading to high unemployment rate in China.According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics of China, the unemployment rate of Chinese youth from 16 to 24 reached a high point of 19.9 % in July this year.
In addition, in recent years, the news that major scientific and technological giants and Internet factories have frequently reported the news of layoffs, salary reduction or department simplification, which has made the employment prospects of Chinese graduates worse.
Xiao Li, a 35 -year -old foreign -owned enterprise employee who distributed part -time commodities on WeChat, bluntly stated in the interview that when the industry does not have any future development and cannot let people live a life they want, it is necessary to find a sideline practice.There are naturally more and more people.
"There are so many people in this society, it will only become more and more rolled. If there are no unique skills, it will be eliminated by society sooner or later."
Scholars: economic form and technical change catalyzed "slash" phenomenon
Professor Wang Quanxing, a professor at the Law School of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, pointed out in an interview with Lianhe Morning Post that the phenomenon of "slash" of Chinese youths is a form of flexible employment. In the context of the reform of the market -oriented economic systemPerformance has always existed, and the reasons for more prominent in recent years are "mainly related to changes in economic and technical conditions."
He said that as China's economic growth slows down, especially the downside of the real economy, the supply ratio of regular employment positions is reduced and the quality of employment is not high, so that young people who are not satisfied with their own income tend to find a second job to satisfy the second job to satisfy the second job to satisfy the job.Itself needs.
Wang Quanxing also pointed out that the rapid development of the digital economy, the technical conditions such as Internet platforms, big data and other information, making flexible employment easier and convenient, and the "slashes youth" group will further expand; especially after the crown disease epidemic outbreaks, formal formality, formal formalityThere are fewer opportunities for employment and lower income. The convenience of digital technology with the increase in people's home time has even more integrated the phenomenon of "slash".
Xie Dongming, director of the Research Director of the Greater China Region Singapore Overseas Chinese Bank, also pointed out in an interview that the development of science and technology has made the currencyization of Internet traffic easier.This is more attractive for a new generation of labor groups who like creativity and do not want to be restricted.
But Wang Quanxing also warned that although there are many reasons, advantages and "dividends" of Chinese youth's "slope" phenomenon, no country can use flexible employment as a mainstream employment form.Momentum to ensure the stability and sustainability of economic and social development.
