China billionaires chasing electric-car talent power salaries

Beijing

CHINA's biggest iPhone maker, largest e-commerce company and leading Internet-video producer are all in the hunt to build electric cars - and to grab the small pool of available talent to build them.

All of this is great news for marketing professional Ronan Lu, 32. The bidding wars see some workers earning double their peers' salaries and others landing jobs with minimal experience, according to recruiters.