Shanghai to recognize more overseas qualifications!
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Shanghai has announced a new initiative aimed at attracting talent from around the world by prioritizing Chinese and expat professionals with certain overseas occupational qualifications. The city will provide support, including work permits and adequate housing, to individuals holding these qualifications in an effort to further enhance its vitality.
The Third Shanghai Talent+ Summit unveiled the Shanghai List of Recognized Overseas Occupational Qualifications, which includes 85 qualifications eligible for support. Vice-mayor of Shanghai, Wu Qing, stated that the city will continue to introduce policies that are even more favorable than some overseas options to foster the growth and success of talented individuals.
Among the recognized qualifications, 48 come from countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Australia, and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. These qualifications align with Shanghai's pillar industries, including financial management, next-generation information technology, biomedicine, high-end manufacturing, architecture, and engineering. Holders of these qualifications, categorized as A, will have access to various support measures related to talent introduction.
An additional 15 qualifications, including fellowships with prestigious institutions like the Association for Computing Machinery and the Royal Aeronautical Society in the UK, fall under category B. Holders of these qualifications will enjoy benefits in terms of working conditions.
Category C comprises 22 other qualifications, and holders can directly acquire corresponding professional titles in China if they contribute to innovation and entrepreneurship in Shanghai.
To further attract global outstanding talent, the municipality has introduced a package of premium services for full-time professionals working in Shanghai. These individuals will have access to high-end, tailored services for settling and finding suitable housing, among other benefits.
Applicants must possess internationally recognized professional achievements in the technological field or demonstrate innovations and entrepreneurial activities in Shanghai with internationally leading technological achievements or industry-recognized investment and financial strength. Alternatively, they should hold important positions in internationally renowned companies or first-class technology-based enterprises and institutions.
A sub-forum focusing on venture capital investment at the summit attracted over 500 investors and representatives from both domestic and international unicorns—startups valued at over $1 billion.
Zhang Wei, head of the organization department of the Shanghai Committee of the Communist Party of China, emphasized that Shanghai provides a strong industrial foundation, abundant talent resources, and a mature financial market, making it an ideal environment for cultivating unicorn enterprises in scientific and technological fields. The city will continue to build a business environment based on international practices and optimize services to encourage further innovation.
Wu
Jincheng, director of the Shanghai Commission of Economy and
Informatization, outlined the city's goal of achieving competitive
results and nurturing innovative enterprises and leading talent in
future-oriented industries such as health, intelligence, energy, space,
and materials. Shanghai aspires to become a global leader in
future oriented industrial clusters, driving the scientific and
technological revolution and industrial transformation on a global
scale.
Related: Shanghai,Xuhui, calls for global talent to foster innovation and growth
Yang Jian
The 2023 Talent Summit of Innovation and Entrepreneurship was held in Xuhui on Saturday to attract global talented personnel.
Shen Feng embarked on his entrepreneurial venture from a 40-square-meter Silicon Valley basement more than a decade ago. Now, he is in Shanghai for his second start-up endeavor.
"I
found myself in a spacious, well-lit incubator with all the amenities
one could dream of," said Shen, an associate professor of Jiao Tong
University and the winner of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Competition in Xuhui District.
He led his team to develop a microfluidic biochip for rapid drug allergy detection, a breakthrough that can save crucial time in hospitals.
Shen's tale garnered acclaim from the audience and entrepreneurs present at the 2023 Talent Summit of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Xuhui on Saturday.
The annual event, now in its fourth year, drew a crowd of talented personnel and witnessed online participation from more than 20 domestic and international universities.
A record number of nearly 10,000 high-salary job positions from local universities, institutions and key enterprises were released on the event to attract global professionals.
"Xuhui is rapidly advancing on the path of high-quality development, more eager for talent than ever before, and better equipped than ever to nurture and serve talent," said Cao Liqiang, the Party secretary of Xuhui.
To support talented individuals settling in Xuhui, the district launched the Talent Settlement Service Platform at the summit.
This one-stop solution, supported by the city's big data center and affordable housing authority, allows users to explore 22 rental housing projects and 7,529 available apartments via a mobile phone.
Xuhui also unveiled the city's first batch of high-level talent community service centers and released its high-level talent service handbook. The AI Foundation Model Talent Alliance was established in Xuhui.
The establishment of the alliance is expected to not only attract global talent but also expedite the application of large models in various industries, according to the district government.
With a focus on algorithm, computing power and data, Xuhui continues to position itself as a prominent player in foundation model technology, the government said.
Among the enterprises leading the charge is MiniMax, one of the first batch of eight domestic registered organizations and firms on foundation models.
Liu Hua, public affairs manager at MiniMax, said the government guidance is instrumental in allowing foundation model enterprises to focus on research and development, thus enhancing the accessibility and utility of foundation models for the general public.
This year's summit also features the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, a vital platform for emerging tech talents.
After several rounds of competition and evaluation from experts, six winners emerged in the innovation category and nine in the entrepreneurship category.
The winner Shen recalled his journey of returning to his homeland: residing in the talent apartments in Shanghai's downtown, with his childhood attending the kindergarten at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and supported in various aspects, including sufficient financial assistance.
"Isn't Shanghai and Xuhui the best place to co-create our future," Shen said on the sideline of the summit.
Source: SHINE, By Yang Jian, https://www.shine.cn/news/metro/2311127816/
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