Recruiting talents, Xi ‘an, Shaanxi, a major town in the west, has made many brilliant moves in recent years.
The Paper learned from the column "Municipal Government Documents" in official website of Xi ‘an Municipal Government that Xi ‘an issued a document entitled "Notice of Xi ‘an Municipal People’s Government on Hiring Tang Kai and Li Xiaojiang as Consultants of the Municipal Government" on June 8th.
According to the document, the Xi ‘an Municipal Government has decided to hire two experts, Tang Kai, President of China Urban Planning Association and former Chief Planner of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Li Xiaojiang, Vice President of China Urban Planning Association and former President of China Urban Planning and Design Institute, as urban planning and construction consultants of the Xi ‘an Municipal People’s Government.
As for the reasons for hiring, the above-mentioned documents stated that it was to "effectively implement the spirit of the 13th Party Congress, learn from the experience of advanced urban development, speed up the urban development and construction of our city, listen to the opinions and suggestions of professionals on the urban planning and construction of our city, and improve the scientific decision-making level of the government".
In addition, the document also stated that hiring urban planning and construction consultants is an important measure to comprehensively improve the level of urban planning and construction in Xi’ an. The contact and service of urban planning and construction consultants shall be the responsibility of the Municipal Planning Bureau. All districts, counties, development zones and departments should actively strengthen communication with the urban planning and construction consultants hired, consult modestly, and promote the sound and rapid development of urban planning and construction in Xi ‘an.
Coincidentally, just four days later, on June 12th, Xi ‘an Municipal Government issued the document "Notice of Xi ‘an Municipal People’s Government on Hiring Lei Jun, Zhao Weiguo, Zhang Yiming and Yang Zongkai as Science and Technology Advisers of the Municipal Government", this time aiming at the big coffee in the domestic science and technology field.
According to the document, "In order to further promote innovation-driven development, give full play to the leading and leading role of experts in the economic and social development of our city, and form an innovation-driven development system with Xi ‘an characteristics, after research, we decided to hire four experts, including Lei Jun, vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, chairman and CEO of Xiaomi Technology, Zhao Weiguo, chairman and CEO of Ziguang Group, Zhang Yiming, founder and CEO of Beijing ByteDance Technology Co., Ltd., and Yang Zongkai, president of xidian university, as science and technology consultants of Xi ‘an Municipal People’s Government."
Different from the document released on the 8th, the document on the 12th will be published in a unified way by contacting the municipal leaders of science and technology consultants: "The municipal contact leader of Lei Jun consultant is Wang Wenzhan, vice chairman of the CPPCC, the municipal contact leader of Zhao Weiguo consultant is Li Hongtao, president of the Municipal Intermediate People’s Court, the municipal contact leader of Zhang Yiming consultant is Zhang Minsheng, procurator-general of the Municipal People’s Procuratorate, and the municipal contact leader of Yang Zongkai consultant is Hu Ze, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and commander of Xi ‘an Garrison."
For the daily contact and service work of science and technology consultants, the Xi ‘an Municipal Government stated in the document that the Municipal Science and Technology Bureau is responsible for it.
The Paper reporter found that according to the documents released by official website of Xi ‘an Municipal Government, Xi ‘an has already "pocketed" a large number of big coffees from various domestic industries by using the channel of "municipal government consultants".
For example, in February 2017, the website of Xi ‘an Municipal Government released a message. After research, it was decided to hire Xu Guanju (vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and chairman of Chuanhua Group), Nan Cunhui (chairman of Zhejiang Federation of Industry and Commerce and chairman of Zhengtai Group), Wang Licheng (vice chairman of Zhejiang Federation of Industry and Commerce and chairman of Huali Group), Wang Jianyi (vice chairman of Zhejiang Federation of Industry and Commerce and chairman of the board of directors of Fortis Group), Li Shufu (chairman of Geely Group) and others.
It is worth mentioning that the above six entrepreneurs are well-known Zhejiang businessmen. Apart from business tycoons, consultants of Xi ‘an municipal government can’t leave behind local "think tanks".
For example, the Notice of Xi ‘an Municipal People’s Government on Hiring Wang Shuguo as the Municipal Government’s Science and Technology Consultant issued by Xi ‘an Municipal Government on August 18, 2017 disclosed that Wang Shuguo, President of Xi ‘an Jiaotong University, Wang Jinsong, President of Northwestern Polytechnical University, Zheng Xiaojing, President of xidian university, Guo Lihong, President of Chang ‘an University, Cheng Guangxu, President of Shaanxi Normal University, Zhao Wei, Director of Xi ‘an Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhang Pingxiang, President of Northwest Nonferrous Metals Research Institute, and Feng Jun, Chairman of Patriot Group,
In addition, according to a report by Xi ‘an News Network in November 2017, the reporter learned from the municipal government that after research, it was decided to hire Dong Mingzhu, Chairman of Gree Electric Co., Ltd., Li Hejun, Chairman and CEO of Hanergy Holding Group, He Shengqiang, General Manager of Aviation Industry Xifei, and Liu Ruopeng, President of Shenzhen Guangqi Institute of Advanced Technology, as economic advisers of Xi ‘an Municipal People’s Government.
On February 9, 2018, official website, the government of Xi ‘an, released a message and decided to hire Ma Huateng, Chairman and CEO of Shenzhen Tencent Computer System Co., Ltd., as the economic adviser of Xi ‘an Municipal People’s Government.
On February 24, 2018, the Xi ‘an Municipal Government announced in official website that it decided to hire Professor Zou Dating of Zhejiang University as the science and technology consultant of the Xi ‘an Municipal People’s Government. Zou Dating’s municipal contact leaders are Li Yi, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, secretary of the Party Working Committee of the High-tech Zone and secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Aerospace Base.
Not only in the field of science, education and economy, but also in the field of culture have become members of the advisory team of Xi ‘an municipal government.
For example, on April 27, 2018, Xi ‘an Evening News published a list of cultural consultants of Xi ‘an Municipal People’s Government. The five hired consultants were: Yu Qiuyu, Dean of Qiuyu College of China Academy of Art, Huang Qiaoling, Chairman of Song Cheng Performing Arts Development Co., Ltd., Zhang Jiayi, a famous actor, Tian Ming, CEO of Star Culture, and Bai Yansheng, a famous host.