The search is on for new talent, both foreign and domestic, in
this city in Zhejiang Province.
According to a report released yesterday at the start of a Week
of Talent, Science and Technology, three "positions of scarcity"
have been identified: Laboratory researchers in universities, chief
executive officers for the media and arts, and senior sports
coaches.
Chen Anping, director-general of the Ningbo personnel bureau,
presented the report, entitled Talent Scarcity Indexes in
Ningbo, at yesterday's opening ceremony. It gives details of
the type of people the province is looking for to help boost its
economic growth.
Compared to last year's event, which featured more than 20,000
firms, this year will focus more on innovation to attract
industries and individuals to the region.
The report said companies involved in the arts, sports,
pharmaceuticals, energy resources and eco-agriculture were "quite
scarce" in Ningbo.
Organized by the city government, the five-day event will
comprise a range of seminars and presentations for businesspeople
and academics as well as an exhibition featuring 1,700 companies
and organizations involved in science, technology and
education.
Located in the industrial heartland of eastern Zhejiang
Province, south of the Yangtze River delta, Ningbo boasts a
deep-water port that has the second-largest cargo handling capacity
in China and fourth-largest in the world.
(China Daily September 22, 2007)