The Zhongshan Human Resources and Social Security Bureau issued the Notice on Strengthening Flexible Talent Introduction on December 19, shedding more light on the principles, subjects, methods, subsidy standards and detailed rules for eight categories of talent to be introduced.

Four categories of flexible talent introduction are mentioned. The first category is consultation, which refers to experts who can offer intellectual assistance for the employing units in the aspects of strategic consultation, business development, technical guidance, and other aspects through serving as consultants and honorary duties.

The second category is project cooperation, which refers to experts and talented persons that have projects or technologies to carry out intellectual cooperation with employing units by means of joint research on core technologies, transformation of scientific research achievements, and technology shares.

The third category is part-time and rehiring, which refers to experts coming to Zhongshan to work as part-timers or re-employed after retirement. They are rehired to provide intellectual support for employing units through technology promotion, technological transformation, personnel training, lecturing, etc.

The fourth category is other flexible introduction methods adopted by the Zhongshan Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, such as short-term employment, talent secondment, technology contracting, etc.

There are eight types of experts and talented persons covered by flexible talent introduction, including Nobel Prize winners, principal accomplishers of the State Natural Science Award, National Award for Technological Invention and National Award for Science and Technology Progress, and candidates of the national "Recruitment Program of Global Experts", the national "Ten Thousand People Plan", the "Hundred-Talent Program" of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the "Chang Jiang Scholars Program" and etc.

It is worth noting that civil servants and the staff of units regulated by Civil Service Law are not included in the scope of flexible talent introduction.