China, UNDP to Train Professionals for Western Region

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Wednesday, January 16, 2002

China, UNDP to Train Professionals for Western Region

China has joined with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to train thousands of senior professionals for the country's impoverished western region. The Ministry of Personnel and UNDP have reached an agreement on a package of personnel training programs.

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UNDP to invest US $ one million to China for training program

The UNDP will invest one million U.S. dollars in the next three years and domestic funds will also be earmarked to support the program.

During the 2002-2004 period, the two sides will conduct investigations, hold seminars and initiate 57 training courses to train a total of 1,050 people at home and 345 others abroad. The program will also invite a total of 29 overseas experts.

Zhang Xuezhong, minister of personnel, said, "As a developing country, China has to make the best of domestic and international resources for its future social progress and economic growth."

Lack of trained personnel--big problem for development

Lack of trained personnel is one of the biggest problems bottlenecking the development of western China, according to an official survey.

In western China's interior provinces and regions, there are only 161 trained professionals for every 10,000 persons working in State-run enterprises and institutions, the survey disclosed.

This is lower than the 206 per 10,000 in eastern China and only 70 percent of the national average.

In another development, Chinese anti-poverty authorities have launched a massive scheme to train 2,800 hospital presidents in the western regions with modern management knowledge.

The three-year "Angel Project" includes helping install computer management systems in 1,500 western hospitals if their presidents are qualified after training.

Accelerated Personnel Training Vital to Western Development

The key to success in the large-scale development of the western region lies in policies, leadership, and solid work, but, in the final analysis, in reliance on talents. It is necessary to introduce and keep talents, and place them at proper posts, but in the end, they should be given training.

Western development requires introduction of new talents. Bringing in "permanent-brand" personnel is very important, while developing talents of a "migratory bird" type is also a good strategy. Full Story

China's Western Development Makes Good Start

The fixed asset investment growth rate for January-October for China's western regions has hit 23 percent, 5.6 percent higher than the country's average, a Chinese official said December 18, 2001.

The state has invested over 70 billion yuan (8.48 billion US dollars) in the western regions, 43 billion yuan (5.21billion US dollars) of which comes from government bonds. Full Story

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