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Hainan Provincial Talent Office's "Classification Standards for High-level Talents in Hainan Free Trade Port (2022)"

Release Date:9/27/2020

1. Preparation Instructions

The Hainan Free Trade Port High-level Talent Classification Standard (2022) is formulated and implemented by the Hainan Provincial Party Committee Talent Development Bureau in accordance with the "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hainan Free Trade Port".

The formulation of this standard adheres to the principle of both moral integrity and professional competence, and is based on market recognition, professional community recognition and social recognition (hereinafter referred to as "professional and social recognition").

This standard includes market recognition standards, professional and social recognition standards for high-level talents (specifically divided into tropical agriculture, tourism, Internet big data and telecommunications, medical and health services, modern financial services, modern logistics, oil and gas industries, education and scientific research, publicity and culture, philosophy and social sciences, sports (including e-sports) industry, legal services, shipping and maintenance, planning and engineering construction (industrial) design, aerospace, management and other professional fields).

Hainan Free Trade Port high-level talents who meet any of the clauses in this standard can apply to be identified as talents in the category of the clause, and distinguish between market recognition standards, professional and social recognition standards to obtain corresponding preferential policy support and service guarantee treatment.

II. Market Recognition Standards

Class A Talents

1.  Main business management talents (referring to the chairman and general manager, hereinafter the same) of non-state-owned enterprises whose core businesses belong to Hainan's four leading industries (i.e. tourism, modern service industry (excluding real estate industry), high-tech industry, tropical characteristic high-efficiency agriculture, hereinafter the same) or three future industries (i.e. southern breeding industry, deep-sea industry, aerospace industry, hereinafter the same), and whose annual corporate tax payment in Hainan reaches RMB 1 billion.

2.  Main business management talents, scientific and technological R&D personnel, engineers and high-skilled talents who serve Hainan's four leading industries or three future industries, and who have paid personal income tax of RMB 30 million in the year before Hainan's tax settlement or RMB 5 million for two consecutive years after the tax settlement based on comprehensive income and business income.

Class B Talents

1. Main business management talents of non-state-owned enterprises whose core businesses belong to Hainan's four leading industries or three future industries, and whose annual corporate tax payment in Hainan reaches RMB 300 million.

2.  Business management talents, scientific and technological R&D personnel, engineers and highly skilled talents who serve Hainan's four major leading industries or three major future industries, and who, based on comprehensive income and business income, paid personal income tax of RMB 15 million in the year before Hainan's tax settlement or paid personal income tax of RMB 2.5 million for two consecutive years after the tax settlement.

Category C talents

1. Main business management talents of non-state-owned enterprises whose core businesses belong to Hainan's four major leading industries or three major future industries and whose annual corporate tax payment in Hainan reaches RMB 100 million.

2.  Business management talents, scientific and technological R&D personnel, engineers and highly skilled talents who serve Hainan's four major leading industries or three major future industries, and who, based on comprehensive income and business income, paid personal income tax of RMB 6 million in the year before Hainan's tax settlement or paid personal income tax of RMB 1 million for two consecutive years after the tax settlement.

Category D talents

1. Main business management talents of non-state-owned enterprises whose core businesses belong to Hainan's four major leading industries or three major future industries and whose annual corporate tax payment in Hainan reaches RMB 25 million.

2.  Business management talents, scientific and technological R&D personnel, engineers and highly skilled talents who serve Hainan's four major leading industries or three major future industries, and who, based on comprehensive income and operating income, paid personal income tax of RMB 3 million in the year before Hainan's tax settlement or paid personal income tax of RMB 500,000 for two consecutive years after the tax settlement.

Category E talents

1. Main business management talents of non-state-owned enterprises whose core businesses belong to Hainan's four major leading industries or three major future industries and whose annual corporate tax payment in Hainan reaches RMB 5 million.

2.  Business management talents, scientific and technological R&D personnel, engineers and highly skilled talents who serve Hainan's four major leading industries or three major future industries, and who, based on comprehensive income and operating income, paid personal income tax of RMB 300,000 in the year before Hainan's tax settlement or paid personal income tax of RMB 50,000 for two consecutive years after the tax settlement.

III. Professional and social recognition standards

(I) Tropical agriculture

Talents of Category A

1. Winners of the World Food Prize, Wolf Prize, Bertebos Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Louis Malassis International Agricultural and Food Science Award, GCHERA World Agriculture Award; winners of the National Highest Science and Technology Award, the National Science and Technology Award Special Prize (first finisher).

2. Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

3. Members of the highest academic authority in developed countries (compared to the academicians of the "two academies" of China).

Talents of Category B

1. Winners of the National Science and Technology Award Special Prize (second and third finishers), First Prize (first and second finishers), and Second Prize (first finisher); winners of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Achievement Award; winners of the Future Science Award (Life Science Award).

2. Members of the highest academic authority in emerging countries (compared to the academicians of the "two academies" of China).

3. Top ten outstanding figures in China's seed industry.

Category C Talents

1. Winners of the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Award (second finisher), the China Agricultural Talent Award, the First Prize of the National Agricultural, Animal Husbandry and Fishery Harvest Award for Agricultural Technology Promotion (first finisher), and the First Prize of the Shennong Chinese Agricultural Science and Technology Award (first finisher); winners of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Progress Award, the First Prize of the Zhang Haiyin Seed Industry Promotion Award (first finisher), and the First Prize of the Liang Xi Forestry Science and Technology Award (first finisher); winners of the Special Prize of the Provincial Science and Technology Award (first finisher).

2. Top Ten Farmers in China.

Category D Talents

1. Winners of the Second and Third Prizes of the National Agricultural, Animal Husbandry and Fishery Harvest Award for Agricultural Technology Promotion (first finisher), and the Second and Third Prizes of the Shennong Chinese Agricultural Science and Technology Award (first finisher); winners of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Innovation Award; winners of the Special Prize (second finisher), First Prize (first and second finishers), and Second Prize (first finisher) of the Provincial Science and Technology Award, and the First Prize (first finisher) of the Provincial Science and Technology Achievement Transformation.

2. Chief expert of the national modern agricultural industry technology system; National Outstanding Science and Technology Worker; Outstanding Young Agricultural Scientist.

Category E Talents

1. Winners of the National Agricultural, Animal Husbandry and Fishery Harvest Award for Agricultural Technology Promotion Achievement Contribution Award and the Shennei Fund Agricultural Technology Promotion Award; Second Prize of the Provincial Science and Technology Award (Second Completer), Second and Third Prizes of the Provincial Science and Technology Achievement Transformation Award (First Completer), Provincial Talent Award, Provincial Youth Science and Technology Award Winner; Provincial Outstanding Science and Technology Worker.

2. Post Scientist of the National Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System.

3. Those who have obtained senior professional titles and senior technicians (first-level professional skill level) in related fields, and have corresponding capabilities and actual achievements.

(II) Tourism Industry

Category A Talents

1. Senior management talents of the headquarters of the top 10 hotel management groups in the world.

Category B Talents

1. Talents at or above the Executive Director of the United Nations World Tourism Organization.

2. Senior management talents of the regional headquarters of international hotel brand management companies.

Category C Talents

1. Vice Presidents, Vice Chairman and above of international tourism organizations such as the World Federation of Travel Agents Associations (UFTAA), the World Association of Travel Agents (WATA), the International Hotel Association (IHA), the International Association of Tourism Science Experts (IASEY), the International Tourism Association (IAT), and the International Tourism Alliance (AIT); Presidents and Chairman of the China Tourism Association, China Tourism Scenic Spots Association, China Travel Service Association, China Tourism Hotel Association, China Cuisine Association, China Tourism Vehicle and Boat Association, and China Tourism Press Association.

2. Senior management talents of the headquarters of the top 10 of the top 100 tourism enterprises in the country in the past three years.

3. Senior management talents of cruise yachts, cruise yacht ports, cruise yacht design, and cruise yacht construction companies with more than 15 years of work experience, cruise captains, chief engineers (captains of yachts over 24 meters, chief engineers) and management talents of the same level.

4. Members of the National Hotel and Scenic Spot Quality Rating Committee.

Category D Talents

1. Vice Presidents and Vice Chairmen of China Tourism Association, China Tourism Scenic Spots Association, China Travel Service Association, China Tourism Hotel Association, China Cuisine Association, China Tourism Vehicle and Ship Association, China Tourism Press Association, Chairmen and Chairmen of various professional committees (branches), and Chairmen and Chairmen of provincial tourism organizations.

2. Senior management talents of the headquarters of the top 20 national top 100 tourism enterprises in the past three years, and senior management talents with more than three years of experience in 5A scenic spots and 5-star hotels.

3. Intermediate management talents of cruise yachts, cruise yacht ports, cruise yacht design, and cruise yacht construction companies with more than 10 years of experience, cruise first mates, chief engineers (deputy captains, deputy chief engineers, and chief stewards of yachts over 24 meters) and management talents of the same level.

4. Senior management talents with more than 5 years of experience in international high-end chain brand hotels, or more than 10 years of experience in domestic five-star hotels; senior management talents with more than 3 years of experience in international high-end chain brand hotels and CHA certification; senior management talents at the regional level of domestic fast chain brands.

5. Special tour guides; winners of special awards such as the first prize tour guide in the final of the National Tour Guide Competition, the Best Foreign Language Interpretation Award, and the Best Chinese Interpretation Award.

6. Winners of the first place in the National Tourism Hotel Service Industry Vocational Skills Competition, the Chinese Cooking Master Golden Jug Award, and the China Most Beautiful Chef Honor Award; Master of Wine, Master Sommelier, and Senior SPA Therapist.

Category E Talents

1. Second and third prize tour guides in the final of the National Tour Guide Competition; "Gold Medal Tour Guide" selected by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

2. Senior management talents with more than 3 years of working experience in 4A scenic spots and 4-star hotels; second and third place winners of the National Tourism Hotel Service Industry Vocational Skills Competition; winners of the China Golden Chef Award for Outstanding Service Master and Cooking Skills Innovation Award; winners of the first prize of the Provincial Youth Service Skills Competition.

3. Senior translation talents in major languages ​​such as English, Spanish, Japanese, and Russian.

4. Those who have obtained senior professional titles and senior technicians (first-level professional skill level) in related fields, and have corresponding capabilities and actual achievements.

(III) Internet, big data and telecommunications industry

Class A talents

1. Turing Award winners; winners of the National Highest Science and Technology Award and the National Science and Technology Award Special Award (first completer).

2. Academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

3. Members of the highest academic authority in developed countries (compared to the academicians of the "two academies" of China).

4. Directors of national laboratories.

Category B Talents

1. Winners of the Special Prize (second and third completers), First Prize (first and second completers), and Second Prize (first completer) of the National Science and Technology Award; winners of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Achievement Award; winners of the Future Science Award (Mathematics and Computer Science Award).

2. Members of the highest academic authority in emerging countries (comparable to the academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering).

3. Deputy Directors of National Laboratories, Directors of National Key Research Centers, Key Laboratories, and Technology Innovation Centers, Directors of National Defense Science and Technology Key Laboratories and National Defense Science and Technology Industry Innovation Centers.

4. Senior management talents of IT companies selected in the Fortune Global 500 in the past three years, and senior management talents of companies selected in the top three of the China Internet Top 100, China Software Top 100, China Electronic Information Enterprises Top 100, China Internet of Things Enterprises Top 100, and Artificial Intelligence Enterprises Top 100 in the past three years.

5.  Senior management talents of corporate headquarters who have obtained the top 3 market share in IDC China in the fields of IT security hardware (including firewalls with UTM platforms (UTM Firewall), unified threat management (UTM), security content management (SCM), traditional firewalls (Traditional Firewall), intrusion detection and prevention (IDP), virtual private networks (VPN)), IT security software (including software security gateways, identity and digital trust software, terminal security software, security analysis and intelligence, response and orchestration software), and IT security services (including security consulting services, managed security services, IT security education and training services, and security integration services) in the past three years.

Category C talents

1.  Wu Wenjun, winner of the Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Achievement Award and the Science and Technology Innovation Award, the first person in charge of the Science and Technology Progress Award; winner of the Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation; winner of the Provincial Science and Technology Award Special Award (first finisher).

2. Members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), the Optical Society of America (OSA), and other associations and societies; members of the Optical Society of China, the Chinese Institute of Electronics, the China Institute of Communications, and the Computer Society of China.

3. Deputy Directors of National Key Research Centers, Key Laboratories, and Technology Innovation Centers; Deputy Directors of National Defense Science and Technology Key Laboratories and National Defense Science and Technology Industry Innovation Centers; Directors of ministerial key laboratories, engineering laboratories, engineering research centers, engineering technology research centers, and technology innovation centers.

4. Heads and core members of the technical R&D and management teams of IT companies selected in the Fortune Global 500 in the past three years (ranked in the top 2); senior management personnel of IT companies selected in the top 500 Chinese companies in the past three years; senior management personnel of companies selected in the top 10 of the China Internet Top 100, China Software Top 100, China Electronic Information Top 100, China Internet of Things Top 100, and Artificial Intelligence Top 100 in the past three years.

5. Senior management talents of the headquarters of enterprises that have obtained the top 10 market share in IDC China in the fields of IT security hardware (including firewalls with UTM platforms (UTM Firewall), unified threat management (UTM), security content management (SCM), traditional firewalls (Traditional Firewall), intrusion detection and prevention (IDP), virtual private networks (VPN)), IT security software (including software security gateways, identity and digital trust software, terminal security software, security analysis and intelligence, response and orchestration software), and IT security services (including security consulting services, managed security services, IT security education and training services, and security integration services) in the past three years.

6. Core members of the team that won the top 10 in the international GeekPwn, Pwn2Own, and Defcon CTF security competitions in the past three years (ranked in the top 2).

7. Winner of the World Skills Competition Gold Medal and the China Skills Award, and the leader of the National Skill Master Studio.

Category D Talents

1. Project leaders who have won awards in the China Electronic Information Industry Special Awards (China Software Industry Award, China Semiconductor Industry Award, China Smart Home Award, Electronic Information Industry Maker Innovation Award); winners of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Innovation Award and Network Security Talent Award; Provincial Science and Technology Award Special Prize (