On October 26, a netizen published an article comparing the Majuqiao day-labor market in Beijing with the Yizhuang industrial park just across the river: workers crowd into vans before dawn with cargo and passengers mixed together, earning 180 yuan for a five-hour trip, and sleeping in dormitories converted from kitchens; across the river, SMIC and JD.com are brightly lit. The article noted that there are over 200 million people in flexible employment and that the youth unemployment rate was about 18% in September.