Gome Electrical Appliances, China's largest electronics retailer, will recruit 20,000 migrant workers to staff its logistics and repairing units, a top company official said.

The Beijing-headquartered home appliance retailer has decided to start the nationwide recruiting spree and will assign those migrant workers to Gome and its outlets in subsidiaries Paradise, Dazhong and Sanlian.

The migrant workers will mainly man positions in the company's logistics, installment and repairing functions, National Business News reported, citing Gome Vice-President He Qingyang.

(China Daily March 4, 2009)