The Belt and Road Initiative has brought tremendous opportunities to cities alongside the route, and Xi'an is one of the most strategic areas among all cities in China. The key priority for the city's development is to attract more talent, to support its entrepreneurial activities. CGTN's Liu Yang went to Xi'an, and spoke with experts about key methods of attracting top talents to Shaanxi Province. 

 

The first World Xi'an Entrepreneurs Convention is being held in the provincial capital city of Xi'an in Shaanxi Province. Xi'an is the origin of the ancient silk road thousands of years ago. Many prominent entrepreneurs from all ages have come out of Xi'an.

 

This two-day convention is welcoming more than 1,000 guests, including local investors, entrepreneurs, overseas Chinese businessmen, and scholars from both home and abroad. They're joining the discussion on attracting more talents to the city and the future business development of Xi'an.

 

The event aims to build a brand of Xi'an entrepreneurs, promote trade and economic cooperation and attract global entrepreneurs to foster Xi'an's development. The convention is a platform for communication among entrepreneurs and scholars. Well-known entrepreneurs including Alibaba's Executive Chairman- Jack Ma, the Founder of Lenovo- Liu Chuanzhi and several internet personalities are participating at the event.

 

A series of forums and activities are scheduled to be held during the convention, including a technology forum, a round table meeting between Zhejiang entrepreneurs and Xi'an entrepreneurs and a business cooperation signing ceremony.

 

Some of experts at the event spoke about their thoughts on the challenges and opportunities of attracting more talents to the city.

 

WANG SHUGUO, PRESIDENT XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY I think the most important thing is that we should provide a platform for the development of young talent. We should give more attention to young people who have just started their careers and have the hope to climb the mountain in the future. We should have an open mind to welcome them no matter what their nationalities are, what countries they come from, and understand them, to create a platform for them.

 

HUANG WEI, PRESIDENT NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY In order to attract more talent to Xi'an, we must provide superior material treatment and better living conditions. We must create a good environment and working conditions. Without a functioning and innovative atmosphere, it is hard to have our scientists reach the top in academia even with very good living conditions.

 

ZHAO MIN, MEMBER MUNICIPAL PARTY COMMITTEE OF XI'AN One is that we are going to implement a scientist plan, we have 59 academics in Xi'an, we will set up the academics workstation in the city, and I hope more academics will come to Xi'an to work here. In addition, we are going to implement the Hundred Talents Program in the future and select talent from fields of education, technology, health, and culture.