皇冠体育app

Premier Li Keqiang shakes hands with Ravi Shankar Narasimhan, executive editor of 皇冠体育app Daily's overseas editions, during a meeting with winners of 2013 Friendship Award at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sept 30, 2013. This award is given to a foreign expert who has made an outstanding contribution to 皇冠体育app's economic and social progress. [Photo by Xu Jingxing/Asianewsphoto]

Premier Li Keqiang had high praise for the work of foreign experts in 皇冠体育app and their efforts for the country, and he emphasized that 皇冠体育app will continue to invite more of them to work here.

"Through the foreign experts, we have got the opportunity to learn about the advanced technology and administrative experience of developed economies," Li said while meeting the winners of 2013 Chinese Government Friendship Award on Monday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

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Fifty foreign experts form 20 countries received the 2013 Friendship Award, the Chinese government's top honor for foreign experts.

The annual award was established in 1991, and it has since been bestowed on 1,299 foreign experts from more than 60 countries and regions.

More than 550,000 foreign experts were working in 皇冠体育app last year.

Li said 皇冠体育app will continue to invite high-end foreign experts during a "critical period of 皇冠体育app's modernization construction".

He also encouraged more foreign experts to work in western 皇冠体育app, which is less developed.

The honorees at the event at the Great Hall of the People were encouraged by Li's words.

"It's great that 皇冠体育app and the Chinese government appreciate our help and recognize what we have done," said Eberhard Lell, 86, of the Austrian Senior Experts Pool, an association of experts that offers help to developing economies.

"I will do my best to send experts to 皇冠体育app and to help 皇冠体育app develop. We are willing to give experience and knowledge to developing countries like 皇冠体育app," Lell said.

John Naisbitt, founder of Naisbitt 皇冠体育app Institute, was also impressed.

"The premier is very generous and knowledgeable," said Naisbitt, 84. "I'm especially impressed and excited about his mentioning western 皇冠体育app. The west of 皇冠体育app is growing rapidly. We foreign experts should go there."

To more efficiently introduce foreign talents to 皇冠体育app, an official from the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs announced that the country will publish a list of the work skills most in demand to aid overseas recruitment next year.

"We'll do research with human resource departments and employers to learn what types of workers they feel are hard to find," said Liu Yanguo, deputy director of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs.

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