China's High-tech Firms Need More Talent from AbroadChina is on the look-out for more overseas experts to better serve the country's high-tech industries, according to Thursday's Chinadaily.China's main organization for overseas experts exchanges yesterday promised to meet the increasing needs of the country's high-tech industry, said a senior official with the organization. It could mean that for the first time, top managers in State-owned enterprises (SOEs) will not necessarily be Chinese. Wang Xinmin, deputy director of the State Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs, made the remarks at the Ninth International Symposium for 2001's Project of Foreign Experts Service in China. He said that the demand for international professionals for high-tech industries has been growing, especially in coastal cities in the IT and bio-engineering fields. "For both developing and developed countries, attracting more top-level intelligence in those high-tech fields is a priority," said Kang Jinying, Secretary-General of Xiamen Association for the International Exchange of Personnel. Next year, Xiamen will need more than 200 experts in about 50 different projects of State-owned enterprises, such as environment protection, bio-engineering and other high-tech industries, according to Kang. Wang said that the central government will contribute stable financial support to upgrade the our co-operation with overseas professionals. "Enterprises can offer higher salaries to high-level overseas talent, and the Internet will be used to expand co-operation with the outside world in order to seek more partners," Wang said. |
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