Beijing technology entrepreneurs and software firms should shut their doors and turn off the lights, as Microsoft China might be aiming at hiring away some top young talent.

Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies has announced the launch of its 2009 recruitment drive.

It's a bad time to be investing in the Chinese Internet recruitment sector, as Chinese online job recruitment website company 51job Inc. announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter of 2009 ended June 30, 2009, and showed a revenue slide for the quarter.

China Telecom has signed a strategic cooperative agreement with Fudan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Tongji University in Shanghai to implement various initiatives including a mass recruitment drive.

Just days after posting miserable financial results, Chinese online recruitment and classified ads company 51job Inc. has now named two new members of its executive team.

Chinese electronics retailer Suning has announced plans to open at least 200 new stores and hire 36,000 new employees in 2009, marking the beginning of a talent war in addition to the competitions for stores and resources in the Chinese electronics retail industry.

Chinese instant messaging and online game company Tencent has announced plans to launch a new talent strategy called "Large platform, great accomplishment" to attract talents in top Chinese companies to enhance Tencent's human resource power.

Chinese software and game provider Kingsoft has just launched its largest recruitment plan since being listed in Hong Kong on October 9, 2007.

China's leading e-commerce platform Alibaba Group has recently announced a global recruitment plan to hire 3,000 technology talents across the world.

Chinese online recruitment website 51job.com (JOBS) just announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2008 ended March 31, 2008 and said total revenues increased 17.9% from a year ago to CNY236.4 million.

According to Chen Shanzhi, chief engineer of Datang Telecom, Datang Telecom is planning to recruit seven top executives worldwide to be responsible for the company's major businesses.

Chinese Internet recruitment provider 51job.com (JOBS) says total revenues for the fourth quarter of 2007 increased 24.8% over the fourth quarter 2006 to CNY213.6 million as it announced unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter of 2007 and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.