【Atlas】How short is there for professional "playing games"? There is a shortage of 1.5 million people in the e-sports industry, and many places are financially supported

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How big is the job gap in esports? According to a report by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, less than 15% of the current e-sports industry is saturated with manpower, and the shortage of full-time jobs in the upper reaches of similar events production and broadcasting industries has reached 1.5 million, and the demand for talents in subdivided fields will remain high in the next five years.

According to media reports, recently, the E-sports Working Committee of the China Phonological Association released a summary of the data of China's e-sports industry in 2022. Data shows that in 2022, the revenue of China's e-sports industry will be 144.503 billion yuan, and there will be about 488 million e-sports users in China. In 2022, a total of 108 esports events were held in China, a decrease compared to 2021. Shanghai is the city that hosts the most e-sports events, accounting for 22.39% of the country's events. Chengdu, Hangzhou and Shenzhen also accounted for more than 5% of the number of e-sports events.

In addition, many places across the country have also introduced relevant policies to support the development of the e-sports industry. On January 5, Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports issued the "Announcement on Including E-sports in the Support Scope of High-end Sports Events under the Special Fund for the Municipal Sports Industry", adding e-sports into the category of sports projects that the special fund of the municipal sports industry focuses on encouraging development. International and national high-level e-sports events held in Shenzhen with the participation of the highest international athletes will receive funding of no more than 8 million yuan and 5 million yuan each time. The "Several Measures of Haidian District to Support the Development of Digital Cultural IndustryE-sports Industry)" and "Measures for the Management of Support Funds for the Development of Digital Cultural Industry in Haidian District (E-sports Industry)" (2022) also clearly mentioned that for platform construction, high-quality game development, game and e-sports theoretical research, e-sports venue construction, e-sports events, and e-sports game industry activities, financial subsidies will be given, with a minimum subsidy of 200,000 yuan and a maximum of 10 million yuan.

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