The best start-ups to work in China, Beijing and Shanghai

The most start-up Chinese companies are those that are making major breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, according to a new report from LinkedIn.

Artificial intelligence companies that take the lead in the field of autonomous driving are among the most popular companies in the country, occupying six of the top ten places in LinkedIn's Best Startup list, 2019.

But it's the Internet giant and the ByteDance online content platform that are among China's most popular start-ups this year.

To be on this year's list, companies were to be private companies, seven years old or younger, with at least 50 employees. They were then ranked based on user feedback from LinkedIn on four criteria: job growth; engagement with employees; interest in the work; and ability to attract top talent from leading employers.

CNBC Make It takes a look at the list of 25 most attractive start-ups in China.

Overall number: 1300

Headquarter: Hangzhou

Tongdun Technology, headquartered in Hangzhou, is a start-up specialized in risk management launched in 2013 to help companies in their decision-making processes. Six years later, the company has received several innovation awards and has served 5,000 corporate clients from its 13 offices in Asia-Pacific and the United States.

Overall number: 1200

Headquarter: Pekin

Artificial Intelligence Activity Horizon Robotics develops technologies for applications such as smart driving. The four-year-old startup completed a $ 600 million Series B round of financing this year, which valued the company at $ 3 billion. It was founded by the former director of Baidu's Deep Learning Institute, Dr. Yu Kai.

Overall number: 1000

Headquarter: Pekin

Cambricon, a three-year-old startup, is an Artificial Intelligence chip developer. The workforce of 1,000 people is highly skilled, 65% of them holding a masters degree in software algorithms, chip design and computer architecture. The growing company is currently recruiting from its offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xi, Hefei and Nanjing.

Overall number: 3000

Headquarter: Shanghai

Automotive manufacturer WM Motor was launched in Shanghai in 2015 to advance the electric vehicle market. This four-year company, which has raised over $ 3 billion so far, has developed two electric vehicles to date and aims to become a "new green service provider".

Overall number: 500-1,000

Headquarter: Pekin

4Paradigm is a provider of artificial intelligence and technology for businesses. The young active population of the company has an average age of 30 and more than half of them are university graduates with expertise in new technologies such as machine learning. The company is currently recruiting from its offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.

Overall number: 500-1,000

Headquarter: Pekin

Momenta.ai in his own words "builds autonomous driving brains." The automotive sector, which offers autopilot and autonomous parking products, has become the first autonomous driving unicorn in China after receiving support from Tencent and several public investors.

Overall number: 1000

Headquarter: Shanghai

YITUTech is a start-up in artificial intelligence that provides facial recognition technology to businesses from the security and medical to finance and retail sectors. Currently, the company, with a budget of $ 2 billion, is recruiting specialists in engineering, research and development and project management in Shanghai and Beijing.

Overall number: 2500

Headquarter: Pekin

Bitmain is a semiconductor design company known for its custom chip design for bitcoin extraction machines. The company's headquarters are in Beijing, but it has research centers around the world, including the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Russia and Brazil. He is currently accepting unsolicited applications.

Overall number: 5000

Headquarter: Pekin

DiDi Chuxing, better known as DiDi, is a Chinese company based in Beijing. The company provides a full range of transportation services – from taxis to buses and electric bikes – in more than 1,000 cities worldwide. The seven-year-old company is also developing its own autonomous driving skills and is recruiting significantly in this area.

Overall number: 50,000

Headquarter: Pekin

ByteDance, which was ranked earlier this year by LinkedIn as one of the top companies for which to work in China, also ranks among the top start-up companies in the country. The Internet technology sector has grown rapidly over the last seven years and now has 50,000 employees and several content platforms, including the news site Toutiao (title) and the video sharing application TikTok. The company is focusing more and more on the use of machine learning technology to tailor its product to the public's interests and hiring in this regard.