The Hefei high-tech zone has been working to attract graduates from universities nationwide, to help local enterprises and promote the high-quality development of the area – located in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui province.  

The Hefei high-tech zone holds a jobs fair at Anhui University of Science and Technology on Sept 7. [Photo/gxq.hefei.gov.cn]

It recently launched an autumn campaign to recruit university graduates in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, involving 1,070 positions being offered by 18 Hefei high-tech zone companies.

"Every year, we participate in the campus recruitment activities organized by the zone," said a manager called Liu, who works at the Institute of Advanced Technology, at the University of Science and Technology of China.

"Our institute has high academic and professional standards and the campus recruitment is more effective," Liu said.

Liu added that in the recent Xi'an jobs fair, over 90 percent of the resumes had graduate degrees or higher and the level of alignment between resumes and job requirements had improved compared with the previous two years.

A graduate asks about a position at a jobs fair held by the Hefei high-tech zone. [Photo/gxq.hefei.gov.cn]

Apart from the Institute of Advanced Technology at the University of Science and Technology of China, there were a total of 38 scientific research institutes, as well as group of listed companies – including Sungrow Power Supply Co Ltd and iFlytek – that participated in the Xi'an jobs fair.

Moving forwards, plans are for the development zone to hold about 30 jobs fairs in cities such as Chengdu, Wuhan, Nanjing and Zhengzhou, as well as cities in Anhui, to further bolster its pool of talent.