Recruiting in China

Six talents were selected to be vice-presidents of five subsidiaries under Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) on August 5. This marks the successful conclusion of AVIC's global recruitment drive to find top executives.

It is the first time for Chinese security enterprises to seek high level executives worldwide. All of the jobs were open to foreigners and the search was not limited to China-born managers. The recruitment drive was launched on Feb. 26, 2009 and around one thousand applicants from over twenty countries and regions had signed up.

According to the company, most of the six executives had worked for large scale state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and governments before. As all of the jobs will involve dealing with some of the corporation's restricted information, background checks will be performed on them. They are also asked to sign confidentiality agreements.

AVIC is the first Chinese aerospace manufacturer and security company listed in the Fortune Global 500, ranking 426 in this year's list released on July 8.

AVIC is the originator of AVIC Commercial Aircraft Engine Company, which will engage in research, design, production, sales, maintenance, service and technological consulting for jet engines and related products. AVIC holds a 40 percent stake in this new company.