Chinese Job Site Zhipin Is Not to Be Used to Hire Sex, Firm Says
Zhang Yushuo
DATE:  Nov 24 2020
/ SOURCE:  Yicai
Chinese Job Site Zhipin Is Not to Be Used to Hire Sex, Firm Says Chinese Job Site Zhipin Is Not to Be Used to Hire Sex, Firm Says

(Yicai Global) Nov. 24 -- Chinese job website Zhipin.com will not tolerate companies using its platform to hire sex services, the 21st Century Business Herald reported today, citing a person in charge at the recruitment app.

Positions of chair assistant, life assistant, life secretary and high-end nanny that were advertised in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and other cities were job adverts in disguise that instead asked the applicants to provide erotic services, the Beijing News reported yesterday.

All such jobs have been deleted and the Beijing-based firm is looking further into the matter, Zhipin said. It is illegal to sell sex in China and to post sexually related content on the web.

This is not Zhipin’s first brush with the law. In 2017, a young university graduate died after accepting a job on the Zhipin website and getting involved in a pyramid selling scam. The incident aroused public concern over how Zhipin vets its recruiters.

Zhipin, also known as BOSS, is obliged to monitor its website and must bear the responsibility for any damages caused by its failure to delete or block illicit posts, the newspaper reported, citing a lawyer. Any postings by guilty parties that have been reported by victims or made public by the public security agency must be removed.

Zhipin, operated by Beijing China Product Bo Farce Network Technology, is one of China’s most popular recruitment websites. It enables job hunters to communicate directly with companies’ senior managers and thus quickly get job offers.

As of July last year the site had 60 million users and around 10 percent market share. The firm posted over CNY1 billion (USD151.9 million) in operating revenue in the fiscal year to July 31, 2019 and made a slight profit, founder Zhao Peng said at the time.

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