Ten Chinese cities are to be selected as the "most attractive" for expats by the 2010 Conference on International Exchange of Professionals (CIEP), the State Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs said Thursday (July 8).
This year's CIEP, to be held Oct 29 and 30 at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, will feature the theme of "Sharing International Talent."
"The appraisal is intended to encourage the further opening-up of our nation's talent policy and to facilitate the introduction of global expertise," said Xia Bin, director of the Information Center of the State Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs.
Xia said the CIEP Organizing Committee had collected more than 1,000 requests regarding foreign talent from employers this year.
The CIEP had recommended 141 foreign experts for Chinese enterprises and research institutes this year, said Xia.
"Introducing international talent is a boon for the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone expansion," said Mayor Xu Qin."International talent exchange will be a highlight of the city's development in the next three decades."
Xu said the CIEP, together with China Hi-Tech Fair and the China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industries Fair, are the top three international fairs held in Shenzhen.
Wang Min, director general of the Shenzhen Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, said the CIEP this year would occupy an area of 60,000 square meters, twice the size of last year's, due to increasing demand.
Wang said the North America High-Tech Project and Talent Exchange Fair, which had been held in the United States for eight sessions, would be included in the 2010 CIEP for the first time.
The CIEP, organized by the State Bureau of Foreign Experts Affairs, was first held in Beijing in 2001. It has been held in Shenzhen as an annual fixture since 2007.
More than 1,050 expert organizations from 40 countries and regions took part in last year's conference, which attracted more than 80,000 participants.
(By Tina Chen)
