Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, to create a "circle of friends" for foreign young talents

"I'm not from New Hangzhou, I'm from Hangzhou!" In 2019, Yu Heng successfully got a Chinese green card, which is a warm identity recognition for him who has lived in China for 13 years, "I can participate in social activities as a Chinese, this is my home."

Yu Heng is the Chief Financial Officer of Linde Engineering Asia Pacific of Linde Group, and could have chosen to live in other countries, but because he liked Chinese culture, loved Hangzhou's livable living environment and open business environment, he took root in Hangzhou and promoted Linde Group to set up an Asia-Pacific engineering headquarters in Hangzhou. This is also the first regional headquarters of a Fortune 500 foreign company to be established in Zhejiang.

According to statistics, Hangzhou has been listed in the top ten of the "Most Attractive Chinese Cities in the Eyes of Foreign Talents" for 10 consecutive years, with a net inflow of 500,000 people in 2019 alone, and the net inflow rate of overseas talents ranks first among cities in the country. Batch after batch of young scientific and technological talents like Yu Heng came to Hangzhou and took root in Hangzhou.

"'Gather the world's talents and use them'." During the epidemic period, the overall number of project declarations in Hangzhou showed an upward trend. Fu Li, director of the Hangzhou Foreign Experts Bureau, told the China Youth Daily and China Youth Network reporter, "From seeking talents to Hangzhou to attracting talents to take the initiative to come to Hangzhou now, this is the performance of Hangzhou's successful creation of a 'circle of friends' for global scientific and technological talents." ”

One person drives a large piece

In the 1990s, Zhejiang Huaying Holding Group Co., Ltd. was just a humble small workshop on the Fuchun River, but now it is a crucial piece of "puzzle" on the new picture of Fuyang's innovative development, and the "invincible" rowing boats produced by it are the only Chinese famous brands in the field of Rowing in China.

Looking back at the history of Huaying's entrepreneurial development, there is no one person, that is, Klaus, the chief expert of Huaying from Germany.

In 1994, Xiong Zhangyou, the founder and chairman of Huaying, took the company's built rowing boats to participate in foreign exhibitions, and was complained by German peers about plagiarism of the design. Unconvinced, Xiong Zhangyou found Klaus, then chairman of the exhibition, former chairman of the Equipment Committee of the International Federation of Racing Federations, and international boat master, "shouting injustice", "We can't afford to buy rowing boats produced by European and American companies, and naturally we can't popularize rowing in China."

Xiong Zhangyou's words touched Klaus, who came to China to conduct comprehensive guidance and rectification in terms of development strategy and product design, bringing the first light of transformation and development to Huaying, who was still in its infancy, and he himself won the Chinese Government Friendship Award.

The benefits of "one person driving a large piece" have been continuously upgraded in Huaying, and attracted by the global wisdom introduction plan, foreign high-end talents from the shipbuilding industry in 13 countries from the United States, Germany, Australia and Poland have come to Huaying and cultivated more than 60 chinese local yacht design talents.

John Charles, a yachting expert from Australia, is one of them. "Hangzhou is a very attractive city and I have a very pleasant life here." When talking about various epidemic prevention measures in Hangzhou, he was busy in the factory building and praised him one after another, "Well done".

"China is the most promising place in the world, and I am determined to stay in China for 5-10 years." Na Yi from Kazakhstan gave up the opportunity to continue her studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science and chose to come to Hangzhou Dianzi University to pursue a master's degree in applied economics. After graduation, with the help of the International Talent Station, she founded a new media marketing company in Xiacheng District, "hoping to help more Chinese enterprises connect with the world in the future."

In the context of the integration of the Yangtze River Delta, Hangzhou ushered in an unprecedented historical development opportunity, according to the statistics of the Hangzhou Foreign Talent Management Department, since 2012, Hangzhou has vigorously implemented the "115" introduction of foreign intelligence program, a total of 1891 projects to fund the introduction of wisdom, the introduction of more than 5,000 high-end experts, of which 11 won the Chinese government's "Friendship Award".

One incubator radiates tens of millions of people

"During the pandemic, we developed portable testers for nucleic acid testing." Mr. and Mrs. Chen Si immigrated to Sweden from an early age, and after having children, they returned to Hangzhou from Sweden with their families to start a business. In Chen Si's view, Hangzhou has become a fertile ground for youth innovation and development.

Chen Si's entrepreneurial team was gradually incubated with the help of the provincial excellent co-working space "Shell Society" located in the high-tech zone (Binjiang).

"We hope to help outstanding returnee entrepreneurial talents realize their dreams, and have successfully incubated projects such as Baipusais and Yuce Biology." Eight years ago, Jiang Huixia founded the medical and health industry innovation and entrepreneurship service platform "Shell Society". In her view, future entrepreneurs must have an international perspective, which is the advantage of returnees.

"Every year, more than 30,000 young people with a bachelor's degree or higher are attracted to settle down." Yu Kaihua, deputy director of the Science and Technology Bureau of the High-tech Zone (Binjiang), told reporters, "The high-tech zone (Binjiang) has 102 incubators and co-working spaces at the municipal level and above, of which 27 are at the national level. It has formed an innovation and entrepreneurship team with the 'New Fourth Army' of Ali Department, Zhejiang Business Department, University Department and Returnee Department as the main body. ”

Attract people, the next step is to retain people. Zhou Yingfei, full-time deputy director of the Talent Office of the Party Committee of the Talent Office of the High-tech Zone (Binjiang) took the "5050 Plan" as an example to introduce the talent introduction policy of the district.

The "5050 Plan" is the earliest overseas high-level talent introduction and cultivation plan launched by Zhejiang Province in 2010, which has undergone three iterations and upgrades. From the initial "cultivating talents of 50 national talent programs, cultivating 50 enterprises with total trade income of institutions exceeding 10 million", to "cultivating 50 talent co-working spaces like shell societies and establishing 50 talent funds" in 2016, by 2021, the "5050 Plan" ushered in version 3.0: expanding the scope of funding, expanding the support cycle from 3-5 years to 7 years, and increasing government investment on the basis of free funding.

"The formulation of the talent policy of the high-tech zone (Binjiang) is advancing with the times, and we have formulated the 'three new talents', that is, new business, new economy and new fields, and the objects of support are no longer limited to scientific and technological talents." Zhou Yingfei said.

"Hangzhou especially encourages smaller enterprises to hire foreign experts, and the government gives financial subsidies to allow some enterprises trapped in financial constraints to taste the sweetness of scientific and technological innovation." Fu Li told reporters that in recent years, Hangzhou has continued to build nests and attract phoenixes, create a "gravitational field" for young talents, and establish 5 national, 8 provincial and 37 municipal demonstration and promotion bases for the introduction of foreign intellectual achievements.

A sense of service creates a sense of rootedness

At the Qianjiang Besaisi School for Foreign Children, which is located directly opposite the Qianyun International Talent Community in Jianggan District, the reporter saw that the school has a professional theater with black boxes, an open-air small theater, and a library that can provide more than 30,000 books in Chinese and English.

This is an American-style school dedicated to the education of the children of foreigners in Jianggan and even Hangzhou. Principal Alan Wilkinson has been engaged in education for more than 20 years and was invited to a reception of foreign experts celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. He said in an interview with the China Youth Daily and China Youth Network reporter that students come from the United States, France, Africa and other countries and regions, so how to balance the educational concept of parents in various countries has become the focus of teaching, "During the epidemic, in order to let students understand what is happening in the place where they live, enhance the sense of community integration, and specially integrate the story of China's fight against the epidemic in education."

"Different from the international community, the international talent community should be guided by the needs of talents and provide them with comprehensive supporting facilities for living and working in peace and contentment." Fu Huaijie, deputy director of the Science and Technology Bureau of Jianggan District, introduced that in addition to school education, the Qianyun International Talent Community also provides support and convenience to foreign talents in terms of residence, medical treatment, entry and exit.

Xiaoshan International Talent Service Center, which is 500 meters away from the Asian Games Village, has also made great efforts to improve the supporting services for international talents and build a community with all-round coverage of food, clothing, housing and transportation for foreigners.

"Provide one-stop centralized services and handling for international entrepreneurial talents such as foreign and returnees such as policy consultation and financial investment." Wang Xinlai, director of the Xiaoshan Science and Technology Bureau, said, "During the epidemic period, the introduction of scientific and technological talents has shifted from abroad to China, promoting the domestic cycle of scientific and technological talents. ”

Dai Ni from Brazil is a foreign youth at the Xiaoshan International Talent Service Center. Three years ago, in order to help more foreign women working in China to achieve career success, she founded a female leadership community SheUp, "I feel the respect and tolerance of the government and society for foreign personnel in Zhejiang, so I am willing to stay here, and I hope that more foreign women can harvest career and life achievements in China and Hangzhou, Zhejiang." ”

"Create an environment, expand the market, and grasp the platform." Fu Li summed up Hangzhou's three magic weapons to attract foreign personnel, "In the future, Hangzhou will continue to grasp the rich connotation of the strategic idea of 'gathering the world's talents and using them', accelerate the establishment of a scientific talent evaluation mechanism and talent flow mechanism, strengthen the entrepreneurial incentive mechanism, and let foreign talents come, stay, use well, and flow." ”

China Youth Daily, China Youth Network reporter Wang Shanshan Source: China Youth Daily

Source: China Youth Daily