Companies in China are welcoming a hybrid work model, which brings opportunities to creativity. And it is also a passive method for disease control and prevention, industry officials said.

About 45 percent of companies in China are providing remote (远程的) work opportunities, higher than the average level in the Asia Pacific region of 41 percent. Over 57 percent of employees like the hybrid work idea, with the preferred choice as three working days in the office and two at home, according to a survey from Linkedin, a workplace site with 50 million users in China.

Hybrid work offers benefits such as reduced time and energy spent commuting (通勤) and opportunities to hire from a global talent pool, said Wendy Purcell, Research Scholar at Harvard University. He shared opinions with Chen Yubo, Tsinghua professor and top executive of Trip Group.

Shanghai-based Trip com, the country’s biggest online tourism service provider, has already begun a hybrid work model. It asks employees in different departments to come to the office on certain dates, which may become a company-wide policy, said Jane Sun, Trip’s CEO.

As long as productivity is not negatively affected, employees may save two hours of commuting time, and engineers can have flexibility (灵活性) in their work, and it “strengthens our culture and gives them more job satisfaction”, Sun said.

Hybrid work helps connect employees spread across different regions. It also promotes social equality. “Talented employees who are working in Shanghai and Beijing now may go to work in relatively less-developed big cities like Chengdu, Wuhan, Xi’an, and Chongqing in the future,” Tsinghua professor Chen said.

But there is no one-size-fits-all model in hybrid work, especially in China. Chen agreed to embrace hybrid work but not give up the traditional model, as many jobs in China need trust and relationship that are built in an office.

Hybrid work is “the biggest change to how we work in our generation,” according to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

Your high school years are part of the most formative (形成的) years of your life. 【小题1】 Though challenging, it is possible to be in high school and career ready. Here are some tips to help you choose a career path.

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