Is Geely Also Launching a Genius Youth Program?

During its 40th-anniversary celebration on January 22, Geely unveiled a new talent cultivation model dubbed the "Three-Campus Combination."

The most striking element: a pledge to recruit and train high school graduates with technical prowess directly. That signals a strategic shift, moving Geely's talent pipeline upstream from universities to the earlier scouting of "seedlings."

Accompanying that long-term strategy is real money. Geely launched a youth innovation and entrepreneurship incentive plan, committing an initial 50 million yuan with a total planned investment of 300 million yuan.

This is not a standard recruitment drive.

Consider Geely's current footprint to grasp the depth of this move: from autonomous robotaxis and low-Earth-orbit IoT satellites to eVTOL aircraft and AI world models, the automaker has long transcended traditional manufacturing. It is now a tech ecosystem giant spanning sea, land, air, and the digital realm.

Amid the white-hot race for intelligence and cross-disciplinary integration, top-tier talent is the core engine driving these technologies to reality.

Geely's latest moves clearly point to an early lock-in on future core talent—and a long-term bet on them. This goes beyond merely "training employees." The goal is to start at the source, "customizing" and stockpiling a generation of young technical talent who understand the industry and can hit the ground running within its vast tech ecosystem.

By extending its recruitment reach into high schools and underwriting youth innovation with hundreds of millions in funding, Geely is stockpiling the "ammunition" needed for the technological battles of the next decade.

This play for "genius youth" is, at its core, a strategic wager by a tech giant on securing its voice in the future of technology.