Located at the center of the Bay Area and being one of the Free Trade Zones of Guangdong, Nansha District has been improving its infrastructure to attract a wide range of resources for development. And high-end talents across the globe are one of its main targets.
Today on November 13, Nansha held a talent conference and announced that a large number of high-end talents had settled in the district. These talents include a Nobel laureate, 15 experts within the national Recruitment Program of Global Experts and over 2300 talents in the key sectors for development.
During the conference, subsidies and rewards were granted to the talents who has made profound contribution to the district and enterprises that successfully attracted global talents. For example, the team directed by Han Zhangxiu, leading expert on the robot industry form Korea, was awarded a 7-million-yuan subsidy.
Cai Chaolin (L1), is shaking hands with the talent consultants employed by Nansha District. [Photo provided to Newsgd.com]
Cai Chaolin, Vice Mayor of Guangzhou Municipal Government and Party Chief of CPC Nansha Committee, said Xi’s report to 19th CPC National Congress had stressed talent as the key resource for development. And Nansha will continuously level-up its talent strategies soon in the future.
The summit also invited global experts on talent employment to discuss Nansha’s position in the Bay Area and the way in which it affects the talent strategies.
Long Yongtu is accepting an interview during the conference. [PhotoNewsgd.com]
Long Yongtu, former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, said when drafting the talent strategies, Nansha should understand the strengths and weaknesses of itself as well as all the cities in the Bay Area, so that it could complement each other and avoid cutthroat competition.
“Well developed industries are the main factor to attract talents,” said Long Yongtu, “Nansha can introduce the industries that are now facing enormous opportunities like finance, while globalizing its competitive industries, such as auto industry and port logistics.”
David Zweig, Vice Dean of School of Humanities and Social Science of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, is making notes during the conference. [Photo provided to Newsgd.com]
From the perspective of foreigners, David Zweig, Vice Dean of School of Humanities and Social Science of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, said his research showed both business and living environment are important when people consider starting businesses abroad.
“They will pay attention to transportation, education and whether it’s easy to hire a nanny,” said David Zweig, “and then a transparent government and appreciable incentives, which I think Nansha is doing great from this sense.”
(Jasmine)
