Shenzhen Offers Up to RMB 15 Million to Attract Top Medical Talent

“High-level medical teams introduced to the city are eligible for funding grants of up to RMB 15 million, RMB 10 million, and RMB 8 million, respectively; practical clinical medical talents who meet the specified criteria are offered preferential housing policies, guaranteed compensation and benefits, and priority in professional development.” In its efforts to attract talent, Shenzhen has consistently demonstrated generous investment, particularly sparing no expense to address its scarcity of medical resources. This was notably reflected in the “Shenzhen Medical ‘Three Famous Projects’ Policy Measures,” which leveraged substantial financial incentives to recruit medical professionals.

Furthermore, under talent housing policies such as the “Program for Introducing Practical Clinical Medical Talents into Municipal Public Hospitals,” the government provides one-time rental and living allowances to recruited talents: RMB 15,000 for bachelor’s degree holders, RMB 25,000 for master’s degree holders, and RMB 30,000 for doctoral degree holders. For outstanding talents, the government even offers either 200 square meters of rental housing or a reward subsidy of RMB 6 million.

In early August, at the South China session of the “China Healthcare HR Managers Symposium” hosted by DXY Talent, the professional healthcare human resources service platform under DXY, Liu Hui, Director of the Personnel Division of the Shenzhen Municipal Health Commission, provided a detailed overview of Shenzhen’s talent recruitment policies, benefits, and the status of its large hospitals. Over the past five years, the Shenzhen government has invested nearly RMB 90 billion in healthcare. The city now has 4,390 medical and health institutions, including 158 hospitals. As of June 2019, Shenzhen had cumulatively introduced 246 high-level medical teams, attracting 984 high-caliber professionals to work in or for Shenzhen.

In his address, Liu Hui also shared Shenzhen’s practical experience in deepening healthcare reform, as well as its proactive efforts to advance institutional innovation in the development of health workforce and to build a high-caliber talent pool.

Liu Hui stated that the exploration and practice of building Shenzhen’s health workforce policy system are carried out in four specific areas: workforce planning, policy implementation, talent evaluation, and talent management. Measures include establishing a Health Action Promotion Committee, providing welfare policies for healthcare professionals, strengthening high-level academic conferences, and reforming personnel and compensation systems in public hospitals. Shenzhen is committed to taking the lead in establishing a mature basic medical and health system with Chinese characteristics, striving to create a “Shenzhen Model” for the Healthy China initiative.

It is reported that the “China Healthcare Human Resources Managers Seminar” received strong support from the Guangdong Provincial Health Commission, the Shenzhen Municipal Health Commission, the Shenzhen Center for Healthcare Capacity Building and Continuing Education, and Shenzhen People’s Hospital. More than 300 hospital administrators participated in the event, while dozens of representatives from national and local government management departments, directors of leading hospitals, heads of human resources, and industry experts shared their in-depth insights on talent development in hospitals.