DeepSeek (深寻) hires staff to Inner Mongolia grasslands, offering monthly pay up to ¥30,000

Rapid build-out on the steppe

It has been reported by ifeng that DeepSeek (深寻) is recruiting field staff to work on the Inner Mongolia grasslands, with advertised monthly salaries reaching as high as 30,000 yuan. The listings reportedly target a mix of on-site roles and technical support positions, and promise pay and logistics packages designed to attract workers to a remote, sparsely populated region.

Why the grasslands?

Why move operations to Inner Mongolia? Reportedly the roles are tied to large-scale field work—data collection, equipment testing and onsite maintenance—that benefits from open terrain and low-population density. For Western readers: Chinese tech firms increasingly run physical trials away from coastal hubs to gather data, stress-test hardware and scale deployments in controlled environments before broader rollouts.

Bigger picture: incentives and geopolitics

This hiring push comes amid Beijing’s dual priorities of inland economic development and technological self-reliance. Incentives for companies to expand into interior regions are longstanding. At the same time, intensified US export controls and broader geopolitical pressure have pushed Chinese AI and hardware firms to insource more field research and data collection, making domestic testing campaigns strategically important.

What’s verified and what isn’t

It has been reported that the ifeng article carried the job details; DeepSeek did not immediately provide a public statement confirming the scope of operations when the story was filed. Reportedly, advertised packages include accommodation and transport allowances, but independent verification of the company’s long-term plans and headcount targets is still pending.