China is over 5000 years a great country with a great history. China deserves respect for it’s imense task to give over 1.3 billion people a decent life. My posts will adress my daily Shenzhen life perspective on this great country. My posts will be always optimistic and positive. Not because I always support Chinese decision making, but because I have respect for the challenges that China already has overcome and in the future will overcome. Chinese people are hard working, optimistic and warm. Through my posts I hope you will share my vision.
The Shanghai Daily published some interesting figures about foreigners in China. The amount of foreigners hits the 0,04% mark for the first time in recorded Chinese history! Many countries have 5% to 10% foreigners living between the borders, in China the figure is therefore extremely low.
Soon this mark will go up. Many provinces and cities under the 12th 5 year plan are inviting more foreign professionals to come to China and work in companies and even in the government. Currently there are 594.000 foreigners in China. There are not many countries in the world still inviting with open arms groups of foreign professionals. China will offer the next 5 years great Career opportunities for a number of professions, and even subsidize schools, housing & living. So start to learn your Mandarin!
After long preparation finally ShangZhi is established as a brand new HR Search & Solution consultancy in Shenzhen.
Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in Guandong province is the fastest growing city on earth with currently 13 million people. In the near future Shenzhen will be connected by bridges, tunnels & high-speed metro lines to Guangzhou, Hong Kong & Macau. This mega city will have 60 million inhabitants. They right city to serve the Chinese HR market.
My family and myself have moved to this great city. The company is established and has a Chinese web site: www.shangzhihr.cn
In the near future I will start blogging about my China HR experiences.
The Future of Work will be presented on the 26th of November in Amsterdam.
The book will be presented in Dutch. English and Chinese versions are under construction. The timing of our book is perfect: recovering from a long and deep recession will change the Future of Work significantly.
