An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 12, 2025 shows a night market in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. (Photo by Zhang Ying/Xinhua)

　　BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- As night fell and lantern-shaped street lamps lit up, a night market near a scenic spot in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, came alive with crowds. Vendors at this venue, notably, promoted not snacks or trinkets, but jobs.

　　College student Zhang Yijia probably would have settled for a sightseeing visit. However, she ended up securing a preliminary job offer to work as an e-commerce operator with a jewelry company, a big surprise and relief for the expectant graduate.

　　This spot where Zhang received her first job offer serves as "a talent night market," amounting to a special job fair that stretches recruitment hours to neon-lit scenes at what first appeared to be a traditional night market. As the opening event of a pro-employment initiative that recently kicked off in Jiangsu, this market aimed at providing more flexible and efficient job hunting, allowing people to seek jobs after normal office hours.

　　Bathed in the glow of glittering street lights, more than 50 recruitment stalls lined a stone road, offering 2,300 jobs covering various fields. Among these vacancies were high-tech posts such as big-model, robotic and AI algorithm engineers, manufacturing gigs geared to the upcoming production peak ahead of the Spring Festival holiday, and modern service opportunities catering to freelancers.