China News Service, Hong Kong, January 14 (Reporter Zeng Ping) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has officially launched the "Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Program" recently to directly subsidize companies that have operations in Hong Kong and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to hire young Hong Kong people. Let Hong Kong youth go to the fast-growing mainland to accumulate workplace experience.

This move is after Shenzhen’s first recruitment of Hong Kong and Macao civil servants, the governments of Guangdong and Hong Kong once again helped the youth of Hong Kong to "go north" in employment.

　　According to the plan, participating companies must hire Hong Kong residents who graduated from 2019 to 2021 and hold a bachelor's degree or above in Hong Kong in accordance with Hong Kong laws, and send them to work and receive on-the-job training in cities in the Greater Bay Area.

The plan provides a total of 2,000 places, of which about 700 are dedicated to innovation and technology positions.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government will provide companies with a monthly allowance of 10,000 yuan (HK$, the same below) for each employed graduate, for a maximum period of 18 months, and the monthly salary of the employed shall not be less than 18,000 yuan.

　　In an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government’s Director of Innovation and Technology Xue Yongheng said that Hong Kong’s innovation and technology opportunities are not limited to Hong Kong, but the entire Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The Greater Bay Area’s innovation and technology cooperation is like one. In order to support relay teams, cities must be seamlessly handed over so that they have the opportunity to stand out in the world's innovation and technology competition.

He believes that the "Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Program" helps Hong Kong youths know the strengths of their teammates in the Mainland, so that young people engaged in innovation and technology in the two places can get to know each other, and then join forces.

　　Shao Yingwei, a young man from Hong Kong, obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of Hong Kong, and then went to Tsinghua University to obtain a postgraduate degree. He graduated last year and has now worked in a well-known innovation and technology company in Shenzhen for 5 months as an algorithm engineer.

He told a reporter from China News Agency that after working in Shenzhen for several months, the work intensity and pressure are relatively high, but the rewards are quite rewarding. He feels that the company has been trying to do new things, and he has a better understanding of the role and status of the internal R&D department of innovation and technology companies. Clearly understand and know how the company develops and polishes products.

He believes that such opportunities are relatively small in Hong Kong, and cities in the Greater Bay Area have advantages in terms of work volume and diversification of innovation and technology fields.

　　"I strongly support them in striving for this opportunity." Shao Yingwei said with a smile. He has experienced job hunting in the Mainland without this policy and deeply understands that the competition is fierce.

He believes that the "Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Program" provides Hong Kong youth with an excellent opportunity to develop in the Greater Bay Area and is a "preferential" measure.

　　From a salary perspective, the positions under the relevant plan are already on par with Hong Kong.

Li Hanxiang, managing director of Global Management Consulting Co., Ltd. and senior human resources consultant, said that according to the latest "Quarterly Statistics Report of Comprehensive Household Survey" published by the SAR government, the median personal monthly income is 17,500 yuan, a living index for the Greater Bay Area Lower than Hong Kong, real income should be very ideal, 18,000 yuan is an attractive level.

In addition, many large companies in Hong Kong and internationally have stated that they will provide hundreds of jobs under the plan. Whether in Hong Kong or other cities in the Greater Bay Area, young people can work in these companies, which will help their careers. Long-term development.

　　Since the candidates are employed in Hong Kong, the obstacles that some youths are not familiar with the relevant Mainland laws and regulations have also been eliminated.

Yan Wenyu, deputy secretary-general of the DAB, believes that the "Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Program" has lifted the two obstacles that existed in the past, which are the salary gap and different labor laws, for youth employment in the Mainland, giving them a new employment option. Make it easier for them to grasp development opportunities in the Greater Bay Area.

Under the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Hong Kong’s youth unemployment rate is high, and it is also a good time to launch the plan at this time.

　　“It’s good for all parties.” Yan Wenyu said. The “Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Program” facilitates the exchanges between Mainland and Hong Kong colleagues within the enterprise, and speeds up the exchange between Hong Kong and other cities in the Greater Bay Area. Integration and development between.

He hopes that the application threshold for this program can be further relaxed in the future, so that graduate students and current university students who hold associate degrees and advanced diplomas in Hong Kong can also benefit from it.

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