'List' to help draw talent from overseas

China Daily (2013-09-30 16:38) [Full Text]

He Dan ( China Daily)

 

Fifty foreign experts recognized for their contributions to country

China will publish a list of work skills most in demand to aid recruitment from overseasa topofficial in charge of foreign affairs has revealed.

Speaking ahead of the 2013 Friendship Award ceremony on SaturdayLiu Yanguodeputydirector of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairssaid his authority is identifyingshortages in the domestic labor market.

"We'll do research with human resource departments and employers to learn what types ofworkers they feel are hard to find," he told China Daily.

The list is scheduled for release next year and will be updated to keep pace with changes inmarket demand.

Details such as how and where it will be published are still under discussionLiu added.

Wang Huiyaodirector-general of the Center for China and Globalizationa Beijing think tank,welcomed the move.

"It's important to have such a listIt can improve the effect of recruitment from abroad," he said.

By listening to employersdemandshe saidauthorities will be able to pinpoint industries withlong-term skill shortages and introduce favorable policies.

Shanghai began publishing a recruitment list for overseas talent in 2011. On the listnineState-owned enterprisesincluding Shanghai Electricprovide 72 job vacancies that they planto fillwith salaries up to 800,000 yuan ($131,000).

China needs foreign talent from all walks of lifeespecially people with expertise inmanagementtechnology and scienceLiu said.

He added that China's efforts to recognize and reward people who have made tremendouscontributions to China's development and bilateral friendship is equally important in attractinghigh-end talent.

Fifty foreign experts received the Friendship Award this yearThe prize is the highest accoladegiven to foreign citizens by the Chinese government.

Liu said all winners are exceptional foreign experts working in China.

Many recipients this year are leading scientists and scholarsincluding Israeli biologist AharonCiechanoverthe 2004 Nobel laureate in chemistrywho is director of Nanjing University'sInstitute of Chemistry and Biomedical Sciences.

"Thirty years agomost foreign experts came to help China solve technological problemsbutnow China also enables foreign experts to realize their dream and boost their careerdevelopment," Liu said.

Noticeablyfour recipientsincluding Ravi Shankar Narasimhana senior editor at China Daily,were recognized for efforts in "helping China better tell its stories to the outside world", Liu said.

"Many foreignersafter they came to Chinarealized China was not a rising monsterbut afascinating country," Liu said. "We appreciate foreign expertsefforts to help the outside worldbetter understand China."

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