The official in charge of foreign experts' affairs has promised
to offer more appealing packages to attract foreign talents.
Ji Yunshi, director of the State Administration of Foreign
Experts Affairs (SAFEA), said the country is in dire need of
talented people from abroad to help with development and
innovation.
"We will announce more laws and regulations as well as
preferential policies to better protect foreign experts' rights and
interests by working together with government departments," he told
China Daily.
The regulations and policies will help address foreign experts'
difficulties such as medical and social insurance, education for
children and employment for spouses, he explained.
Ji said SAFEA departments across the country have been ordered
to upgrade services to create a good living and working environment
for expats.
"All foreign experts affairs departments should be like homes
for foreign experts," he said.
An increasing number of foreign talents have been coming to the
country in recent years, with the figure reaching 200,000 a
year.
The 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-10) on Foreign Expertise
Introduction hopes to attract 150,000 top-notch professionals in
such fields as agriculture, energy saving and new energy,
information technology, new materials and biotechnology.
"We also support the development of the service industry by
inviting overseas financial and insurance experts and sending
managerial personnel overseas for training, especially in financial
and credit risk management."
The SAFEA has authorized more than 370 overseas organizations to
oversee personnel exchange activities in China and organized dozens
of job fairs for foreigners.
In the latest effort, the 2007 Conference on International
Exchange of Professionals, sponsored by the SAFEA, will be held
today in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province.
More than 2,500 foreign experts and overseas professionals from
more than 40 countries and regions are expected to attend the
conference, the sixth of its kind.
(China Daily November 30, 2007)
