China stalls in efforts to recruit foreign managerial talent

Aviation Industry Corporation of China's (AVIC) efforts to attract senior foreign talent appears to have come to naught.

A report in state-run China Daily says the six people AVIC has recruited, as a result of its senior recruitment drive, are all Chinese nationals.

These six will take VP level positions in the defence, aircraft, helicopter, international and capital divisions, it says.

Seven senior executive positions remain unfilled in divisions including engines, systems and technology, it adds.

AVIC announced in February it would seek to recruit managers from overseas in an effort to get international expertise and make the company more international.

But it says those that applied for the positions were mostly from China.

The new recruits include Li Jian, who becomes VP of the aircraft division and is a former vice-mayor of Shaoguang city, Guangdong province. He has been VP of Guangzhou Automobile Industry Group since 2002, it adds.

Source: Air Transport Intelligence news