On the evening of August 27, Career International (300662.SZ) released its 2025 interim report. Guided by its core strategy of “specialization, digitalization, internationalization, and ecosystem development”, the company achieved double-digit growth in both total revenue and net profit attributable to shareholders, demonstrating sustained growth momentum during the reporting period. In the first half of 2025, revenue reached RMB 7.075 billion (US$988.32 million), up 27.67% year-on-year (YoY); net profit attributable to owners of the parent company was RMB 127 million (US$17.74 million), an increase of 46.96% YoY; and net profit attributable to shareholders after deducting non-recurring gains and losses rose 50.08% to RMB 96 million (US$13.41 million).
Strengthening the Competitive Edge in High-End Talent Services
In the first half of 2025, continuous breakthroughs in cutting-edge fields such as AI, new energy, and biopharmaceuticals drove demand for high-end and specialized talent in related industries. Against this backdrop, the company focused on elevating the value of high-end positions, achieving significant breakthroughs in roles such as mid-to-senior management positions involved in clients’ digital and intelligent transformation, thereby reinforcing its competitive edges in high-end talent services.
During the reporting period, the company sustained its growth momentum in the Chinese mainland, generating revenue of RMB 5.86 billion (US$818.59 million), with a YoY increase of 33.62%. Meanwhile, its offline business continued to grow despite market headwinds. Revenue from flexible staffing services increased by 29.31% YoY, while recruitment services showed a steady recovery. The company successfully placed close to 8,000 mid-to-senior managers and technical professionals for domestic and international clients. As of the reporting date, there were over 49,500 registered outsourced personnel & independent contractors, with cumulative dispatches exceeding 290,000.
Notably, in a rapidly changing external environment, Chinese companies are facing dual pressures of transformation and rising operational costs. Against this backdrop, the company’s independent contractor & part-time expert services have emerged as a strategic pillar of its flexible staffing business. Leveraging key advantages such as efficient access to top experts, on-demand deployment, and rapid response to temporary business needs, the business has gained strong traction, particularly in key areas like digital solutions, HR organizational management, industrial software, and smart vehicles. It effectively mobilizes expertise across these fields to accurately match enterprises’ urgent demand for specialized talent, thereby helping clients accelerate project execution and seize market opportunities. Moving forward, the company will build on the existing strengths of its independent contractor service, deepen resource integration, and develop an integrated expert solution combining “recruitment, management, and consulting” to drive business model transformation and deliver greater value for clients.
In-Depth AI Application Driving Leap in Business Efficiency
In the first half of 2025, the company’s total technology investment reached RMB 65 million (US$9.08 million), with approximately 35.91% allocated to internal IT infrastructure and 64.09% to digital product development and upgrades. Since 2023, utilizing large-scale computing and advanced model training paradigms, the company has developed the industry-specific CRE Embedding and the Match System based on recruitment and skillset data. They are designed to interpret complex semantic relationships between job descriptions and candidate profiles, significantly elevating the level of recruitment automation. The system's matching accuracy is now on par with that of mid-level consultants. Throughout the reporting period, the CRE model underwent iterative improvements: the current CRE1.1 incorporates a larger foundational model and an innovative reasoning technique called Refine-Thought (RT), achieving a notable 60% performance gain on the PJBenchmark evaluation set. Meanwhile, Match System 2.1 features strengthened ranking and inference capabilities. The company is currently dedicating efforts to a Graph Neural Network (GNN)-based Career International Relationship Network (CRN) and has initiated the deployment of AI Agent.
Revenue from the company’s new technology businesses increased by 48.23% YoY in the first half of the year. This growth was driven by the refined operations and technological empowerment of Hewa, its industrial interconnected platform. Through optimized matching algorithms, streamlined service processes, and improved partnership mechanisms within the ecosystem, the platform significantly increased collaboration and project delivery efficiency. During the reporting period, Hewa saw the addition of over 1,500 new registered partners, representing a 35% YoY increase, along with more than 22,900 newly registered recruitment consultants, a jump of 111% compared to the same period last year. Meanwhile, the deepened application of AI and the growing scale effects on the Hewa platform contributed to a comprehensive rise across key business metrics. Mid-senior positions in operations rose by 144% YoY to over 37,800, while positions delivered grew to more than 5,400, up 127% YoY. Both the daily peak in consultant recommendations and the weekly peak in resume submissions reached record highs.
Breakthroughs in Global Expansion and Business Recovery
Since 2025, Chinese companies have maintained strong enthusiasm for global expansion, achieving notable success in sectors such as new energy, automotive, consumer goods, and gaming. Moreover, overseas expansion efforts have diversified, accelerating entry into emerging markets including Africa, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. In this context, the company actively advanced its global layout during the reporting period, establishing new offices in Japan and the Middle East to extend services to surrounding countries and regions and provide localized support for expanding enterprises.
During the same period, the company’s operations in Hong Kong and overseas markets continued to recover, generating revenue of RMB 1.215 billion (US$169.73 million), a YoY increase of 5.10%, with significantly improved per-capita productivity and enhanced profitability. To address common challenges Chinese companies face when expanding overseas, such as language and cultural barriers, lack of local channels, and unfamiliarity with regulations, the company drew on its deep expertise and broad global perspective to launch a “Global Recruiter Deployment” solution. By enhancing collaboration with its overseas brand, The IN Group (TIG), and leveraging TIG’s established service network across the UK, EU, and Americas, the company integrated a wide range of services including consulting, talent placement and employer branding. This effort further strengthens its global service system, delivering robust talent support for clients pursuing international growth.
With the deepening integration of AI technology, Career International will further enhance efficiency across the entire HR recruitment and management chain, enabling more effective matching and targeted empowerment. This will allow us to provide clients with resilient and forward-looking integrated talent solutions, helping them build a sustainable competitive advantage in talent during the era of the intelligent economy.
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