Careers fair held in Oxford for overseas Chinese students

A special recruitment event was held in Oxford, England on Tuesday to connect Chinese students studying at the city's prestigious university with Shanghai-based enterprises.

The event, co-organized by Shanghai Pudong Human Resources Co Ltd, owned by Zhangjiang Group, Shanghai Foreign Investment Development Board and Oxford Chinese Student and Scholars Association, was aimed at promoting Shanghai's Pudong New Area to overseas talent, with the latest talent policies and the region's development priorities being introduced.

Prior to the Oxford event, the organizers had staged similar sessions at Goethe University Frankfurt and Heidelberg University in Germany, and University College London.

Around 5,000 jobs with 300 firms, in sectors including financial services, smart manufacturers and biopharmaceuticals, were on display to overseas Chinese students.

Pudong, to the east of Shanghai, is currently home to more than 1.7 million people classified as talent, 13 international schools and 10 international medical institutions, and more than 2,000 foreign permanent residence card holders, according to official statistics.

The district has put forward a series of talent attraction policies to further develop its status as an international talent center.

For example, an international talent station was unveiled in the area last December for those seeking a career in Shanghai, providing free accommodation for up to seven days for eligible graduate returnees, as well as free working space for up to three months for startup teams.

In June this year, the station received more than 30 elite students from top British universities, the first overseas university student team to be welcomed by the station.

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