Shanghai will invite 1,015 professionals from Hong Kong to work in the city, a senior Shanghai official announced in Hong Kong yesterday.

Sun Luyi, director of the Shanghai Personnel Bureau, said most of the jobs will be in the service industry.

He said Shanghai expects 142 professionals from Hong Kong's financial sector, 83 from the tourism and hotel industries, 34 from the logistics sector and professionals from the advertising industry, to work in Shanghai.

Sun said all of the posts will be offered by the municipal government, state-owned enterprises and non-public sectors.

He said Shanghai is ready to provide more posts for Hong Kong professionals in the financial, exhibition and shipping industries, which are key to Shanghai's economic development.

Shanghai Vice Mayor Zhou Yupeng said yesterday that Shanghai will also welcome professionals from the exhibition marketing and exhibition center manage-ment sectors to help out with the 2010 World Expo.

He said Shanghai plans to introduce advanced management experience from Hong Kong, an international trade, financial, shipping and information center in the Asia-Pacific region.

Zhou said, apart from inviting more Hong Kong professionals to his city, Shanghai will also send more people to Hong Kong for professional training.

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