Chengduruns on a handful of strong industries. If you’re job-hunting or weighing a move, here’s where the opportunities (and the big-name employers) are.
Top industries & employers
Electronics & semiconductors
Intel, Texas Instruments, Foxconn, Dell, Lenovo
Chengdu's high-tech zone hosts major assembly and test operations, and a very large share of the world's laptops and tablets has passed through the Foxconn and Dell plants here.
Video games & digital entertainment
Tencent's Chengdu studios, Perfect World, numerous independent studios
Chengdu is one of China's two largest games development centres, and TiMi's Chengdu studio produced Honor of Kings — among the highest-grossing mobile games ever made.
Aerospace & aviation
Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group, Sichuan Airlines, COMAC operations
Chengdu is a centre of Chinese aviation manufacturing and engineering, with a substantial supply chain and a large pool of aerospace graduates from local universities.
Logistics & rail freight
China Railway Express to Europe, Chengdu Shuangliu and Tianfu airports
Chengdu is a principal origin for the China–Europe freight rail corridors, and one of only three mainland cities with two international airports — Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu.
Biotech & pharmaceuticals
Kelun Pharmaceutical, Tianfu International Bio-town tenants
The Tianfu bio-town in the southern high-tech zone is western China's principal life sciences cluster, supported by Sichuan University's medical faculty.
Food, tourism & culture
Sichuan cuisine groups, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, teahouse and hospitality sector
Chengdu was named a UNESCO City of Gastronomy in 2010, and food and tourism are genuine economic sectors here rather than an afterthought.
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