With its high-quality social resources and good employment environment, the city has been attracting a steady stream of floating population. Currently, Shanghai has the largest number of migrant workers among the four super-first-tier cities. According to the data from the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, in 2018, 4.633 million special database people came to Shanghai from various provinces and cities registered for employment in Shanghai, an increase of 3.5% compared with the same period in 2017.
Their average age is 32 years old, and about 73.1% are engaged in the tertiary industry. The majority of Shanghai's migrant workers in Shanghai are young, and it is difficult for these young people to be attracted to grassroots jobs that were once special database hard and dirty. Like young people in the city, they despise these dirty and tiring jobs, so they flock to the service industry and become waiters, couriers, takeaway riders, manicurists, security guards, etc. that can be seen everywhere.
In all walks of life, they support exquisite and convenient urban life and become the silhouette of urban life. Who cares about their own life and love? Shanghai is a stop, not a destination Our interviewees come from all over the world, including Huainan in Anhui, Bijie in Guizhou, Zhoukou in Henan, Suqian in Jiangsu, etc. They have settled in Shanghai, but Shanghai is special database not destined to belong to them, and a sense of belonging has become a luxury word. Since they had no hope of solving the problems of hukou and house, they soberly stated that they would not stay in Shanghai in the future.