China's Xinjiang and Central Asian countries signed a mutual recognition agreement on professional qualifications

China News Service, Urumqi, October 15 (Reporter Gou Jipeng) The 3rd Silk Road International Technology Transfer Conference was held on the 15th in Urumqi High-tech Zone (New Urban District). At the meeting, the human resource needs of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan were released, and a joint signing ceremony for the mutual recognition of international professional qualifications between Central Asia and Xinjiang was held, marking a new stage of technical talent cooperation between China's Xinjiang and Central Asian countries moving from "information exchange" to "substantial mutual recognition".

"This signing will promote the convergence of regional professional qualification rules and interoperability of standards, create more convenient conditions for cross-border talent flows and industrial cooperation, and also open up new space for human resources cooperation between Central Asian countries and China's Xinjiang." Shodieva Ham, a member of the Supreme Council of Uzbekistan Rotosh Normurodovna said that Uzbekistan is at a critical stage of accelerating industrial upgrading and infrastructure construction. There is a strong demand for highly skilled talents in fields such as construction, agricultural processing, information technology, and modern service industries. Uzbekistan looks forward to establishing a closer cooperation mechanism with China.

Akaris Tolebekov, director of the Urban Career Development Center of the Youth Policy Bureau of Almaty, Kazakhstan, focused on the talent gaps in the country's industrialization and digital transformation process, focusing on the needs for human resource cooperation in the fields of engineering technology, digital skills, logistics management and other fields, and proposed in-depth cooperation in mutual recognition of professional qualifications, joint training, internship training and other aspects.

At the meeting, Urumqi High-tech Zone (New Urban District) also launched a comprehensive international human capital service platform, integrating nine major business sectors including international policies, talent assessment, talent recruitment, and talent training, to provide a "one-stop" help for cross-border talents to find jobs and start businesses. "In the past, domestic companies went overseas to find talents, but information was scattered and channels were limited. Now with this platform, it is equivalent to moving the talent resources of Central Asian countries online, which can help more Central Asian young people realize their career dreams." said Li Jie, deputy general manager of Xinjiang High-tech Talent Operation Management Co., Ltd.