6 | DISCOVER SHANXI Friday, April 24, 2020 CHINA DAILY Industrial heartland reinvents itself for new­age technology

Shanxi moves on from traditional coal mining to attract investors through emerging industries

SND was founded in 2018, with a total investment of 1 billion yuan. It has a designed production capacity of 100,000 special vehicles a year, which are used in such fields as cold­ storage transport, street cleaning, snow removal and emergency res­ By YUAN SHENGGAO cue. Despite COVID­19’s negative influ­ As a province that used to rely ence on the market, the company heavily on coal mining, Shanxi in recently secured orders for 286 cold­ Human resources officers of a company conduct an online inter­ North China is now diversifying its storage vehicles, according to Que. view with a graduate student in Shanxi. LIU BIN / FOR CHINA DAILY economy through industrial reform. The executive noted that his com­ According to the provincial gov­ pany started trial operation last year, ernment of Shanxi, the province is with only 48 vehicles produced. using cutting­edge technologies “As formal operation begins, we Job­hunting graduates such as cloud computing, big data, are expecting to produce 5,000 vehi­ mobile internet, the internet of cles this year, with an estimated reve­ things, industrial internet and nue of 1.5 billion yuan,” Que said. blockchain to create eight new The executive said he is optimistic turning to online fairs economic pillars. about the new energy vehicle indus­ The eight pillars are: information try, especially in sectors for special By YUAN SHENGGAO technology, civil aviation, finance, vehicles. cultural tourism, new energy and In the IT sector, local computer Due to the outbreak of the novel new materials, natural gas, manufacturer 100Trust signed an coronavirus, graduate students in I think there are a advanced manufacturing and mod­ agreement with the Taiyuan­based Shanxi’s universities and colleges lot advantages in ern chemicals. North University of China for all­ have resorted to attending online The outbreak of COVID­19, round strategic cooperation. fairs to look for jobs. online fairs. You can which began in December and NUC, formerly known as North Since the graduate students quickly identify your declined in March in China, has China Institute of Technology, is a returned to school on April 10, not stopped the pace of industrial multidisciplinary university with Shanxi University in Taiyuan has target employers structure reform. expertise in IT research. 100Trust is a organized two job fairs for them. and thoroughly According to the Shanxi provin­ manufacturer of computers, servers At the second fair held on Thurs­ cial government’s requirements on and components based on China’s day, a total of 6,534 vacancies from research them.” normalizing economic activities, independently developed central 170 companies from Shanxi and Huang Xu, a graduate student many businesses and investment From top: Workers assemble cells at an electric vehicle plant of processing units like Kunpeng devel­ the rest of the country were availa­ from Taiyuan University of promotional organizations in the BYD in Taiyuan. SUN RONGXIANG / FOR CHINA DAILY Workers assemble oped by Huawei and Loongson by ble for the students. Technology province have stepped up their tunneling machines at a construction machinery plant of Datong­ the Institute of Computing Technol­ Yuan Siming, a graduate student efforts to attract investors to these based Zhongke Weishi. WANG ZHONGXUN / FOR CHINA DAILY ogy of the Chinese Academy of Scien­ at the university, attended the two emerging sectors. ces. online job fairs. with human resources officers,” The administrative committee of “The collaboration with a strong “The situation is unusual com­ Li said. the Changzhi Economic and Tech­ They held a special seminar to destinations, the province has seen research institute will improve our pared to the previous years as On the contrary, the student nological Development Zone in explain the development zone’s gradual production resumption in competitiveness in the domestic the epidemic poses great pres­ said she has more time to pre­ Changzhi city, southeast Shanxi, is advantages in policies, market poten­ its emerging industries. market,” said Wang Xianchao, sure on the job market,” Yuan pare when attending an online one such organization. tial and resources to the investor. In the Shanxi Transition and Com­ founder and board chairman of said. “I was very anxious when I event. Li Wenbin, head of the commit­ As one of the demonstrative areas prehensive Reform Demonstration 100Trust. was staying at home to wait for Liu Liyan, HR manager at Chi­ tee, has been busy meeting inves­ of Shanxi’s industrial restructuring, Zone located on the borders of Taiyu­ He added that the partnership will the school’s reopening.” na Construction Sixth Engineer­ tors, making research tours and the Changzhi zone has competitive an and Jinzhong cities, all the enter­ also make 100Trust an important He said the anxiety was relieved ing Division Group, said online offering services to local businesses. industries such as advanced manu­ prises above designated scale — base of research and training for when he returned to school and job fairs are among the best “I met some visiting businesspeo­ facturing, solar power equipment which refers to companies with NUC. was told there were a number of options in the circumstance of ple from Jiangsu province on April production, new energy and new annual sales revenue surpassing 20 The authorities in Shanxi made it online job fairs available. the epidemic. 3,” Li said. materials, according to Li. million yuan — have resumed their clear that the IT industry is a vital “We submitted resumes and However, he admitted that “it’s The business representatives were The official said since the begin­ operations, according to the zone’s sector for the province to foster new took interviews online. This is a a regret that we cannot have face­ from Donghua Aluminum Technolo­ ning of 2020, the zone has signed 47 administrative committee. growth areas and upgrade tradition­ totally different experience but it to­face communications with gy in Jiangyin city, Jiangsu province. investment projects, with total SND New Energy Special Vehicle al industries. is actually even more efficient interviewees for a better under­ The delegation visited the local funding reaching 11.78 billion yuan was one of the earliest companies in A document recently released by than on­site events,” Yuan said, standing of their characters and Zhongde Group, a producer of cells ($1.66 billion). the zone to resume production. the provincial government called adding that he has received potentials”. for new energy vehicles, hoping to In addition, Li said 22 investment “Our company resumed opera­ IT­based innovation “the No 1 pro­ offers from several companies. The online job fairs are held manufacture and provide cell cases projects are under construction, tions on Feb 14 and now about 99 gram in Shanxi” as it can lead to “a Huang Xu, a graduate student according to the requirements of for the company. with investment totaling 6.82 bil­ percent of our employees are back to beneficial ecosystem for startups in from Taiyuan University of Tech­ the Shanxi Department of Educa­ According to Li, the committee’s lion yuan. work, except for those who are still in many emerging industries”. nology, also succeeded in finding tion for dealing with the novel officials made great efforts to help While investment officials are Wuhan, Hubei province,” said Que a job through the online job coronavirus epidemic, according the two companies reach a deal. busy promoting local investment Wenxiu, president of the company. Guo Yanjie contributed to this story. fairs. to Wu Junqing, head of the “I think there are a lot advan­ department. tages in online fairs. You can More than 220,000 students Rare bird adds quickly identify your target will graduate from Shanxi’s uni­ employers and thoroughly versities and colleges this year, color to local research them,” Huang said, add­ Wu said. environment ing he received offers from seven He noted that the department or so companies. has cooperated with a number of Wildlife researchers in Shanxi Majoring in civil engineering, information technology compa­ recently spotted a group of he decided to work with China nies to ensure the success of the golden pheasants in the forests Construction Sixth Engineering job fairs. of Zhongtiao Mountains in Division Group. The official said his depart­ Yicheng county. The bird is a Taiyuan University of Technol­ ment has demanded all universi­ unique species in China. ogy’s online job fairs have ties and colleges in Shanxi pay Featuring colorful feathers, the attracted more than 2,900 com­ special attention to students in bird is on the nation’s second­ panies, including 191 companies difficulty, especially those from level list for protection. As the on the Fortune Global 500 list, Hubei, a province that was hit core habitats of the birds are in with more than 60,000 vacancies hard by the epidemic. the south of Gansu and Shaanxi available, according to the uni­ Li Xiang, an official at Taiyuan provinces, researchers said it is versity. University of Technology, said the unusual to find such a species Li Xiangyan, a student from school’s officials have kept in touch in Shanxi. The discovery in Shanxi University, shared the with all 130 graduate students Yicheng demonstrates a steady same opinion with Huang on the from Hubei, to help them access improvement of the local efficiency of online events. various online job­hunting plat­ environment. In addition to “At the noisy and crowded job forms while they are still at their golden pheasants, researchers fair venues, it’s not easy for you to homes. have also found flocks of other calm down to study your target wild birds in the county. LIU JIANG employers and to communicate Li Yali contributed to this story. AND GUO QIANG / FOR CHINA DAILY Airport shoulders the burden to prevent imported virus cases

By YUAN SHENGGAO 3,000 international travelers to travel history and pay close atten­ they can leave for Beijing. date. tion to symptoms like cough and dif­ The process of examination and As the novel coronavirus pan­ To ensure smooth processing, ficulty in breathing.” The official quarantine for one flight usually demic continues to spread through­ Taiyuan Customs has established said all passengers will be classified takes more than five hours, accord­ out the world, preventive measures a special task team for examina­ into three categories according to ing to Zhang. targeting imported cases have tion and quarantine, including their risk levels. However, airport examination become a pressing challenge in Chi­ 100­plus customs officers and 75 “Passengers with marked symp­ does not end there. na. medical workers from various toms will be led to a specific area, Fleets of ambulances and buses To relieve pressure at large inter­ hospitals in the city. and passengers in close contact with wait outside the airport, carrying national airports, Wusu Interna­ According to Zhang Biqi, an offi­ the former will be led to another confirmed and suspected patients tional Airport in Taiyuan, Shanxi cial responsible for quarantine in area,” Zhang said. to designated hospitals and province began receiving flights customs, team members must com­ She added the various groups of asymptomatic passengers to des­ originally scheduled for Beijing on ply with the strictest preventive passengers will be taken to separat­ ignated hotels for quarantine. March 19. measures and procedures to ensure ed areas at customs for further There are two hospitals and more As of April 21, Wusu has received the health of passengers and them­ examinations and tests. than 100 medics designated to serve 12 flights diverted from the capital, selves. Confirmed and suspected cases confirmed and suspected patients, according to Shanxi’s civil aviation “We usually wear two layers of will be given a nucleic acid test in an and 46 hotels to accommodate oth­ officials. gloves to ensure our safety,” Zhang airport laboratory, according to er international passengers, accord­ The flights were from Canada, said. “Our standards to judge the Zhang. ing to the Shanxi Health A customs officer uses a smart monitoring system to check the Ethiopia, Russia and Belarus. passengers’ health conditions are Passengers without symptoms Commission. temperature of a passenger at Taiyuan Wusu International Officers at the airport’s customs not limited to taking body tempera­ are required to undergo a two­week Airport. ZHAO DEWEI / FOR CHINA DAILY have provided checks for more than tures. We will ask passengers their quarantine in nearby hotels before Li Yali contributed to this story.

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