South China's Hainan Free Trade Port launched a global talent recruitment fair 
in Haikou on October 24, signaling to the world that the island is eager to 
have more talented individuals settle here. 

Compared with previous such activities, this recruitment activity is more 
flexible, has more and better defined job positions, has a greater range of 
potential targets, and will run for a longer period of time.

According to Xia Chenge (Deputy Director of the provincial Talent Development 
Bureau) the employers in the province who are currently looking for talented 
individuals and key personnel to fill more than 36,000 job openings include 
universities, scientific research institutes, key laboratories, hospitals, 
state-owned enterprises, key project platforms and industrial parks. Among the 
total job postings, there are more than 100 with an annual salary in excess of 
CNY 1 million.

As for the Hainan Free Trade Port's 11 key industrial parks, they are hoping to 
fill 11,496 job vacancies. Signifying the island province's demand for 
professional and technical personnel, these postings—at around 30% of the total 
number of openings—show a significant increase over previous such activities in 
both the number of positions and the quality of those positions. 

According to Director Xia, many of these positions are oriented towards people 
from overseas or with overseas experience. In addition, this recruitment 
activity's introduction of talented personnel is obviously industry oriented, 
with the focus being on the province's leading industries (i.e. tourism, the 
modern service industry, and high-tech, efficient tropical agriculture). This 
then provides for a step forward to be taken in building a solid foundation for 
the development of the Hainan FTP.

Starting from 2018, Hainan has successively formulated and introduced a series 
of policies on talent taxation, settlement, real estate purchases, automobile 
purchases, children's schooling, and medical insurance. 

In terms of taxation, for high-end talented individuals and people working in 
Hainan who are desperately needed for the development of the FTP, the actual 
tax burden of personal income tax cannot exceed 15%. Anything above that is 
exempt.

Foreign personnel in Hainan are now allowed to participate in 38 professional 
qualification examinations including those for becoming registered architects 
and licensed pharmacists. At the same time a total of 219 different 
professional qualifications from overseas are now recognized throughout the 
province.

In terms of the medical security, foreign talents and their spouses, immediate 
family members and service personnel—regardless of nationality or household 
registration—can enjoy the same basic medical insurance provided to urban and 
rural residents of Hainan.

This recruitment activity will continue till June next year, and job seekers 
can log in to the official website (www.ihnhr.com) to search for positions and 
submit résumés.



Source: Hainan International Media Center (HIMC)