China searches global talent for state companies, including Dongfeng Motor

BEIJING — The Chinese government ran an enormous help-wanted advertisement on Monday seeking professional managers for some of its biggest state-controlled companies, a novel but not unprecedented move that apparently reflected unhappiness with the companies’ current performance.

The advertisement, two broadsheet-newspaper pages of small type, sought applicants for 20 senior management jobs in industries like nuclear power, auto manufacturing and textiles. While some of the positions were restricted to Chinese citizens, many of the posts were open to foreign applicants, and several required proficiency in languages like English and French.

The advertisements were placed by the Chinese Communist Party’s central organization department and the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the high-level government body that oversees the operations of China’s 129 biggest state-controlled corporations. They appeared in major Chinese and English-language newspapers, including the Communist Party newspaper, The People’s Daily, and on most major Internet portals.

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