Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is looking to hire more than 50 people in China from software engineers to communications managers as it looks to jump back in to the world's second-largest economy.
Many jobs have been posted on the professional network LinkedIn dating back to early December. Among them: lead software engineers, advertising specialists, a public relations manager and even a business development manager for Google Play apps and games.
Google pulled its search service from China in 2010 after it said it was subject to cyber attacks from the country's government in a bid to censor content. Its Gmail service is also blocked, but Android is the dominant mobile operating system in the country.
The search engine has been slowly trying to edge back into the world's second-largest economy recently. In October, the U.S search giant invested an undisclosed amount in Chinese artificial intelligence start-up Mobvoi.
In November, reports circulated that suggested Google was aiming to launch its Play store in China this year. The hiring of a business development manager in that area appears to support that.
Shares in Google's parent Alphabet opened Thursday trading down $12.60, or 1.7%, to $746.73 U.S., in the upper end of a 52-week trading range from $490.91 to $798.69 U.S.
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