More than 210000 Foreigners Find Jobs in Shanghai as the Most Attractive City for Expatriates

On January 15, 2019, Shanghai High-level Foreign Expert Representative Symposium, high-level foreign experts from various units made presentations on the topic "How to better build globally influential science, technology and innovation centers and global cities of excellence".

Shanghai has been ranked No. 1 for six consecutive years in the selection of "Charming China, China's Most Attractive City, Most Attractive City for Foreign Talent," which was sponsored by the State Administration of Foreign Experts and was returned by a foreign vote, according to the head of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Foreign Experts. This time listen to the advice of high-level foreign experts, aiming at further enhancing the innovation environment in Shanghai and attracting foreign experts to work and live in Shanghai.

According to the statistics of the State Administration of Foreign Experts, the number of foreigners currently working in Shanghai is 215000, accounting for 23.7 percent of the total, the highest in the country. Since the Work Permit System for Foreigners Entering China in 2016 was Put into Practice in Shanghai, As of the end of last year, the city handled more than 100000 foreign work permits, including more than 18,000 foreign high-end talents (category A), accounting for more than 18 percent of the total.

At the symposium, some experts believed that Shanghai to New York, San Francisco and Silicon Valley, to further expand the number of overseas talent intake. He also suggested that Shanghai focus on robots, the Internet of things, artificial intelligence and other fields, to build a number of specialized incubators. As for the technology projects, he thinks that the information should be in English, and the government can allow and guide foreign experts to undertake the Shanghai projects abroad, and introduce the best of them to Shanghai.

Uranya, a professor of Greek at Shanghai International Studies University and a Greek expert, offers advice on the cultural environment. She says more foreign languages and cultural studies can be introduced in secondary and higher education in Shanghai. In addition, Shanghai may hold more international cultural and educational conferences, as well as international book fairs and multilingual arts festivals, and invite experts from various countries to visit Shanghai for exchanges.

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