China's highest-paying jobs have shifted from finance to tech

REUTERS/Aly Song In a trend that is similar to Silicon Valley's wage levels catching up to Wall Street's, average salaries in China's information technology industry have exceeded those in the financial sector for the first time since 2008, according to data from China's statistics agency. Average annual income in China's information transmission, software and information technology fields last year was 122,478 yuan (HK$139,114) per person, surpassing average annual income of 117,418 yuan in ban...