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A special zone for talents
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Han Ximin
A REFORM package drawn up by the Municipal Personnel Bureau designed to attract more skilled workers from other parts of the country and the world, was officially put into operation last Friday.
The new package, which will have far-reaching influence on the city's competitiveness, consists of 11 new measures including cancellation of the practice of licensing, examinations, regional restrictions and pre-transfer training. The measures, the biggest adjustment in the past five years, are part of a scheme to build the city into a "special zone for talents".
From 2001 to 2005, the city plans to attract 600 personnel with advanced professional titles, 220 doctoral degree holders and above, 2,000 master degree holders and 10,000 graduates from key universities nationwide every year.
Wang Dongdong, a government employee
Frankly speaking, Shenzhen's measures are lagging behind the preferential incentives of Shanghai and Beijing.
Shanghai and Beijing cancelled quotas, regional restrictions and facility charges three years ago and offered favourable conditions in housing, children's education, annual payment and welfare.
The biggest change in the measures is the end to the discriminative practice of "licensing" which has prevented most non-State-owned companies from applying to the bureau for approval of their migrant recruits that would de facto grant them permanent residency.
This move will put all enterprises and institutions on an equal footing in introducing talents so long as they have the status of a legal entity, regardless of their ownership and size, and promote the private and high-tech sectors
The cancellation of exams of basic knowledge is very necessary. Most of the employees working in Shenzhen enterprises and institutions are degree holders. They have received enough education in school days. In the exam, young people and those who have adequate time for preparation can pass. The backbone of a company are middle aged or older, and they had no time to study. In this sense, the exam has been an obstacle for enterprises.\.
The cancellation of regional restrictions is very positive. The potential development of a person requires a good environment. Shenzhen can offer a competitive environment. I don't think it is necessary to cancel the pre-transfer training programme.
Li Feng, enterprise employee
Shenzhen's attraction to personnel has faded in recent years. Of the eleven measures, I regretted to see a discriminative one tagged at the end. This was a stipulation to return personal income tax to new residents with graduate education and above who have become permanent residents of the city in at least three years. The income tax rebate can be used in buying a home.
As an undergraduate, I have been working in my profession for 15 years. My contribution to society is no less than that of graduate students. Educational background isn't everything. I worked in a foreign-funded company for five years and had to pay 1,000 yuan income tax every month. The graduate employees in government departments pay less tax than I did. I don't know why tax collection is not based on education background while rebate is judged by education level. Shanghai and Beijing did done a good job addressing this three years ago.
Good employees are generated by school or social practice. The source is not important. The key is whether a person is productive. A person with a good educational background tends to be useful. Whether a person is skilled or not should not be decided by his education background but by his work. If a doctorate degree holder did the same job as a graduate from a senior high school, they should get the same treatment. Someone may reject my presumptions by asking, for instance, how could a doctor degree holder can do the same thing as a graduate from senior high school? I completely agree. I want to ask what the government really cares about. Is it necessary for the government to categorize people of different levels based on their educational background? They should give that right to enterprises.
Wang Wei, a high-tech employee
One policy that should cancel is a ridiculous and discriminative barrier, that is, husband first, wife second.
I came to work in Shenzhen in 1999 and was officially transferred to the city last year. Though I was thrilled to get my Shenzhen ID card, I was deeply concerned.
My wife still works back in my hometown. We have been separated for over two years. She has received only three years of professional training and has no degree. She is very professional and works as an editor in a magazine, but it is hard for her to be transferred to Shenzhen.
The new measures are not attractive to personnel with low educational backgrounds. Shenzhen should break the restrictions in this respect.
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