Shenzhen Sets Preferential Policies to Attract ExpertsThe Shenzhen government pledged to provide a better investment environment and living facilities for trained people in the coming five years, hoping to attract more professionals into the city from around the world."Shenzhen is in dire need of trained people to boost its development in all aspects," Mayor Yu Youjun said. "The high-tech industry is set to be the city's economic backbone, and technical talents play crucial roles in the sector," he added. Starting last week, Shenzhen officially deleted six human resource regulations considered a stumbling block to luring professionals. Earlier this month, the city adopted 11 other policies, including authorizing small enterprises to recruit workers from outside the city and eliminating charges formerly imposed on non-locals caught working without registered permanent residence cards. Moreover, the local government will arrange a recruiting team composed of high-tech enterprises and municipal departments to visit the United States in April, the Shenzhen Human Resource Bureau said. This will be the second such overseas recruitment trip by large high-tech companies since 1992. The two-week recruiting journey, covering areas such as Boston and the nothern California's Silicon Valley will focus on hiring technical and management professionals and overseas students in related majors. Shenzhen officials and corporate headhunters will host seminars, explain policies and describe the Chinese city as an up-and-coming destination. "We want people who can research independently and innovatively," said Shi Mengqun from PIJI Biotech Development Co Ltd, adding that the company promised competitive offerings like company stakes sharing and necessary facilitations for the overseas students. With fluency in foreign languages like English, overseas students are vital for the city's development because they are familiar with international practices and they have got many perspectives, Chen Anren, director of the Shenzhen human resource bureau, said. Chen said the number of trained people in Shenzhen will reach 750,000 by 2005, an average annual growth rate of 8.2 per cent. The special economic zone, located in South China's Guangdong Province, has a population of over 4 million. "We will not lag behind cities like Beijing and Shanghai in terms of preferable polices to woo talent to the city," Chen stressed. Shenzhen has already set up several high-tech areas, including an industrial park and an investment park for overseas students. Source: China Daily |
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