Overseas talent exchange kicks off in Nansha

Guangzhou’s Nansha district outlined its personnel and industrial policies on Dec 18 when it raised the curtain on the 2019 Convention on Exchange of Overseas Talents and the 21st Guangzhou Convention of Overseas Chinese Scholars in Science and Technology.

The meeting is China’s highest-level, largest and most influential entrepreneurship platform, and is sponsored by the Ministry of Education, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Western Returned Scholars Association.

This year’s event aims to make the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area a leading player in gathering highly-skilled talent and fostering an international scientific and technological innovation center.

The overseas talent exchange meeting attracts leagues of participants. [Photo/ gznsnews.com.cn]

Over 1,000 overseas talents participated in the meeting’s first day. A large number of professionals in biological medicine and advanced manufacturing showed their interest in the site.

A total of 121 domestic government delegations as well as 71 colleges, universities, research institutions and enterprises attended the fair, bringing 1,350 projects and 10,000 job opportunities.

‘AI Camera’ became a highlight of the Nansha exhibition zone. [Photo/ gznsnews.com.cn]

In the Nansha exhibition zone, high-tech enterprises including CloudWalk, DMAI, and Dorabot drew a lot of attention. “AI Camera” -- a black-tech product developed by CloudWalk and applicable in the security and protection field -- became popular during the meeting.

Attracting skilled workers is always a key aim of the district. It rolled out a series of preferential policies in housing, allowance and residency.

In the past five years, the district has been ramping up incentives for badly-needed talent and core workers. It gave out bonuses of 45.21 million yuan ($6.45 million) to 1,284 qualified applicants in 2015, and the figures increased to 357.47 million and 7,256 in 2019.