Ⅱ. Motivate Young Talents to Come to and Stay at Zibo
13. Step up efforts to enrich the talent pool of master and PhD students. For full-time working PhDs newly cultivated and introduced by enterprises, individual industrial and commercial households and new agricultural business entities in Zibo, monthly living subsidies of 4,000 yuan will be given to them for 5 consecutive years. The full-time PhDs newly trained or introduced by municipal public institutions will enjoy the same subsidies mentioned above, while the funds will be borne respectively by the municipal finance and the employing units on the basis of percentages. Districts and counties will support the newly trained and introduced full-time working PhDs in public institutions in accordance with the above standards. For full-time working postgraduates who are new graduates within five years and newly cultivated or introduced to enterprises, individual industrial and commercial households, monthly living subsidies of 2,000 yuan will be provided for 5 consecutive years.
14. 200,000 College Graduates Program. In five years, the number of newly introduced college students in the city will exceed 200,000. For enterprises, individual industrial and commercial households, and new agricultural business entities in our city, full-time college students and undergraduate students who are newly introduced and graduated within five years will receive monthly living subsidies from 500 yuan and 1,000 yuan respectively for five consecutive years. For newly employed vocational and secondary vocational graduates who have won the second prize (or above) in the National Vocational College Skills Competition or rank the top 10 in the Technical College Skill Competition, and graduates who have obtained vocational qualifications (vocational skill level) of intermediate level or above, their living subsidies will be provided in accordance with the policies for undergraduates as long as they are new graduates within five years and have a full-time job.
15. Attracting college students outside the city to visit Zibo. The electronic pass of "Zibo College Student Card" is granted to students in colleges and universities both inside and outside the city. During their time in Zibo, students can enjoy some preferential policies such as going to some chargeable tourist sites without paying the entry fee and taking the city public bus for free. For students who come from other cities, they can enjoy the preferential policy of half-price check-in at Youth Post Hotels for five days each time and four times a year during their time of engaging in activities such as internship, visiting friends and relatives. Zibo expands the scale of college students' internship and training, and gives the college students who participate in the College Students' Internship Program and training activities a daily living allowance of 50 yuan. In addition, the city makes overall arrangements of accommodation for college students whose household registration are not in Zibo, and provides 500 yuan transportation subsidy for college students outside the city.
16. Implement the "Golden Seed" Support Plan. Based on the urgent need of enterprises directly subordinate to city or below for professional talents in the future, a group of outstanding students who prefer to come to Zibo for innovation and entrepreneurship will be selected in advance from universities which are entitled to grant bachelor degree or above. The employing units will sign a "credit contract" with these students, giving them a certain tuition subsidy. Employing units are responsible for the internship of "Golden Seed" students and their living allowance during the internship. After graduation, if the student wants to work full-time in the employing units, the municipal, district or county finance will give the employing units an amount of subsidy based on 30% of the tuition fee subsidy.
17. Enterprises and universities are encouraged to jointly cultivate and retain talents. The new apprenticeship system will be implemented in an all-round way. No less than 2,000 people will be trained each year. According to the standard of up to 6,000 yuan per person per year for senior workers and 5,000 yuan per person per year for intermediate workers, training subsidies will be given to enterprises. Encourage enterprises and all kinds of colleges and universities to implement joint order-based training of skilled personnel. For those who work full-time in order-based enterprises after graduation,their order-based enterprises will be granted with training subsidies according to the standard of 10,000 yuan per person.
18. Increase reward for universities and colleges recommending and retaining talents. Set up "University Attracting Talents Award" in universities and colleges outside Zibo. Regarding key universities (outside Zibo) that have high industrial relevancy to Zibo’s industries and are effective in promoting talent cooperation and introduction, a reward of up to 500,000 yuan each year will be given to each one of them. Set up the "High Graduate Retaining Rate Award" for universities and colleges in Zibo. The average graduate retaining rate in recent two years will be taken as the base on which the goals of each and every university will be set respectively. For every increase of 2 percentage points, student employment departments in Zibo's universities and colleges will be awarded on the basis of incremental average number: for the increase of every undergraduate and junior college student (graduates with senior worker qualification or above), postgraduate and PhD student, the department will be granted with special financial support of 1,000 yuan, 2,000 yuan and 4,000 yuan respectively.
19. Encourage talents to stay in Zibo for a long time. At present, senior workers and above skilled talents, and graduates with college degree or above who have been working in enterprises, individual industrial and commercial households, and new agricultural business entities in Zibo and have paid endowment insurance for more than 10 years will be granted with long-term honorary cards to stay in Zibo and enjoy preferential services in places such as some city scenic spots, cooperative hospitals and medical examination institutions.
