Liaoning Recruits Government Officials Among Returned Students

Northeast China's Liaoning Province, an important industrial base in the country, recently decided to recruit government officials from among Chinese students who won at least master's degrees abroad.

A notice, jointly issued by the provincial personnel bureau, science and technology bureau and foreign affairs office, said the province will offer 51 government official posts for candidates who are under 45 years of age.

The vacant seats are distributed in the relevant departments of the provincial government, and government departments of a dozen cities in the province.

According to stipulations, candidates should be of Chinese nationality, who returned to China after studying in a foreign country.

Those who are employed will work at relevant posts for three years, sources said.

The deadline for candidates to sign up is July 14.

Opens Arms

Liaoning Province has opened its arms to overseas Chinese students with the view to developing its economy through science and technology.

A business week was held in the provincial capital and its famous coastal city Dalian recently, successfully attracting over 1,000 Chinese studying now in some 28 foreign countries or regions in the world.

They held business consultations with representatives from more than 3,000 local enterprises, research institutes or universities in the hi-tech sector covering information technology, bioengineering, and pharmaceutics.

As early as in 1999, the provincial government has made it a priority task to invite overseas Chinese students back to start their own business.

So far, two business parks have been set up especially to this end where a series of preferential policies on land-use and bank loans are offered. It is learned that over 200 projects have founded their business sites there.








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