CHONGQING, 23 July 2020 – Singapore’s Ambassador to China, Mr Lui Tuck Yew meets with key Singapore companies’ representatives in Chongqing to understand more about the local business environment, effects of COVID-19 on businesses, also challenges faced by Singapore companies operating in Western China, and progress of The China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Project on Strategic Connectivity.
Those who attended included Business Heads from WiseNet Asia, OUB Bank, CapitaLand, PSA, ST Engineering, The Ascott Group and YuXinOo-Pacific Integrated Logistics Group Multimodal Co. WiseNet Asia is represented by Ms Karen Woong, GM, China.
Also present with the Ambassador is Mr Tan Chee King, Singapore Consul-General in Chengdu, and Mr Wong Choo Sin, Global Markets Director (China) from Enterprise Singapore.
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SINGAPORE, 13 May 2020 – To support undergraduates seeking internships in an uncertain market amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is partnering human resources consultancy WiseNet Asia, and the Chongqing Yubei District People’s Government (YDPG) to offer internship opportunities in areas such as big data and artificial intelligence (AI).
These internship and employment opportunities, found primarily in the Yubei District, a burgeoning tech and innovation hub in Chongqing, China, will be open to NTU Singapore students across all disciplines. The Yubei District is home to the Xiantao International Big Data Valley, where more than 700 companies have set up offices, including big names such as Microsoft and Qualcomm.
NTU Deputy President and Provost Professor Ling San, WiseNet Asia Consulting Director Mr Diron Chua, and Communist Party of China Yubei District Committee Vice Secretary Mr Tan Qing inked the agreement yesterday at the fifth Joint Implementation Committee Meeting for the China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity, at The Treasury building, Singapore. Mr Tan, who is also the Chief Executive of YDPG, signed the agreement remotely via video conferencing.
Joining them at the event were Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing, Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Home Affairs Josephine Teo. Chongqing Party Secretary Chen Min’er, and Chongqing Mayor Tang Liangzhi witnessed the signing through video conferencing.
(Back row from left to right): Josephine Teo, Second Minister for Home Affairs; Chan Chun Sing, Minister for Trade and Industry. (Front row from far right): Diron Chua, Director, WiseNet Asia; Professor Ling San, Nanyang Technological University
The collaboration seeks to leverage each party’s strengths, experience, and capabilities in order to facilitate increased collaboration in talent development and mobility between Chongqing, China and Singapore.
Prof Ling San said: “During this period of unprecedented challenges, it is even more crucial to give our students a competitive edge in securing employment. The internship opportunities that arise from NTU’s collaboration with WiseNet and the Chongqing Yubei District People’s Government will allow our students to experience the vibrancy and agility of the tech companies in Chongqing, and build up expertise in fast-growing fields such as big data and AI. Students may even get full-time employment opportunities arising from this collaboration. It will also give our students an opportunity to understand our region better, so that they are well-prepared to thrive in other countries and cultures, including in Asia.”
Mr Wesley Hui, Director of WiseNet Asia, said: “We are excited to be working together with NTU Singapore and Chongqing Yubei District People’s Government in talent development. Talents are a constant priority in companies of any size. When young workers are groomed from the start of their career, they are conditioned with the right mindsets, values and the tenacity to withstand tough challenges. These are the soft factors that make up successful leaders.”
Internships to start second half of 2020
The placements that are expected to start in the second half of this year will see NTU students being offered internship opportunities in the Yubei District, as well as industry networking opportunities, with the help of YDPG and WiseNet.
In addition to being given an allowance, students who are successfully recruited as interns will have their visas, accommodation and meals taken care of.
WiseNet will coordinate with companies on the selection and placement of potential interns, while YPDG will take care of the students’ visas, accommodation and meals for up to six months.
As part of the agreement, NTU will contribute to the human capital development of executives in Chongqing through its postgraduate programmes and executive courses.
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Back row from left to right: Josephine Teo, Second Minister for Home Affairs; Chan Chun Sing, Minister for Trade and Industry Front row from far right: Diron Chua, Director, WiseNet Asia; Professor Ling San, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
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A research-intensive public university, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has 33,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Engineering, Business, Science, Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences, and Graduate colleges. It also has a medical school, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, set up jointly with Imperial College London.
NTU is also home to world-class autonomous institutes – the National Institute of Education, S Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Earth Observatory of Singapore, and Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering – and various leading research centres such as the Nanyang Environment & Water Research Institute (NEWRI) and Energy Research Institute @ NTU (ERI@N).
Ranked 11th in the world, NTU has been placed the world’s top young university for the past six years. The University’s main campus is frequently listed among the Top 15 most beautiful university campuses in the world and it has 57 Green Mark-certified (equivalent to LEED-certified) building projects, of which 95% are certified Green Mark Platinum. Apart from its main campus, NTU also has a campus in Singapore’s healthcare district.
WiseNet Asia Pte Ltd is a regional integrated Human Resources services provider and consulting firm headquartered in Singapore. WiseNet Asia’s HR solutions consist of talent acquisition, talent transition, talent development and HR outsourcing. WiseNet Asia’s core value is to accelerate human resources development through innovative HR models and knowledge sharing. For more information, visit http://WiseNetAsia.com/
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SINGAPORE, 19 Dec 2019 – Last Friday, China issued the first batch of internship S2 visa to 19 foreign students from the National University of Singapore who arrived at Chongqing under the Singapore (Chongqing) Youth Talent Program. Prior to this, China did not have an internship visa for foreign college students.
The talent program is a collaboration project between WiseNet Asia, Chongqing Yubei District Talent Service Center and Xiantao Big Data Valley, and is part of the Chongqing Connectivity Initiative, the third government-to-government joint project between China and Singapore. The talent program agreement was signed by all three parties on 11 September during the Singapore-China (Chongqing) Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum, jointly organized by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Enterprise Singapore and Chongqing Municipality.
The Singapore (Chongqing) Youth Talent Program aims to be a platform for China-Singapore young talents exchanges and cooperation, as well as employment and entrepreneurship. Based on the joint service mechanism formed by the talent’s office of Yubei District Party Committee, Yubei District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Yubei Youth League District Committee and other departments, the program provides free accommodation of up to 6 months for eligible young talents at home and abroad, and short-term personal accident insurance.
30 students from the National University of Singapore will go through a 5-weeks internship training in Xiantao International Big Data Valley Park. The students consist of Singaporean, Malaysian, Vietnamese and Chinese nationalities. They have graduated from sophomore to postgraduate level, covering computer, electronic engineering, economics, financial engineering, business analysis, business administration and other majors. The duration of this internship will be extended to 6 months in the future.
As the core big data intelligent industrial base in Chongqing, Xiantao Data Valley has gathered together a total of 764 high-tech companies. The first batch of students will enter Huawei’s Chongqing Innovation Center, China Automotive, Chongqing Xiantao Consumer Insight Research and Big Data Co, Transsion Communication Technology Company, Xiantao College and other representative companies in the valley.
Ethan Neo, Head of Operations, WiseNet Asia said, “We are in talks with other universities in Singapore and have already confirmed the next one. We are planning to bring about 100 students to Chongqing for internship next summer.”
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About WiseNet Asia Pte Ltd: WiseNet Asia Pte Ltd is a regional integrated Human Resources consulting company headquartered in Singapore. Incorporated in 2011, WiseNet Asia’s key services include talent acquisition, talent transition, talent development and HR outsourcing. Our core value is to accelerate human resources development through innovative HR models and knowledge sharing. For more information, visit https://wisenetasia.com/
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Singapore, 11 September 2019 – The Singapore-China (Chongqing) Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum, jointly organised by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Enterprise Singapore and Chongqing Municipal People’s Government, was held today in Singapore.
Mr Chan Chun Sing, Minister for Trade and Industry, and Mr Chen Min’er, Member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and Secretary of Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) graced the forum and delivered speeches. Mr Hong Xiaoyong, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Singapore, Mr Wu Cunrong, Member of the Standing Committee, the CPC Chongqing Municipal Committee; Executive Vice Mayor of the Chongqing Municipal People’s Government, and Mr Teo Siong Seng, Chairman of the Singapore Business Federation also spoke at the event. Mr Chan and Mr Chen also launched the China-Singapore (Chongqing) International Data Channel (IDC), which is China’s first point-to-point international data channel with another country. More than 500 Singapore and Chongqing business leaders and government officials attended the forum.
During the event, one of the projects signed is between WiseNet Asia Pte Ltd – Chongqing Xiantao Big Data Valley Investment and Administration Co., Ltd – Chongqing Yubei District High-level Talent Service Center.
This is a collaboration to provide internship and job opportunities for overseas young talents in Chongqing Xiantao Big Data Valley and Yubei District. WiseNet Asia will also introduce training programmes for key leaders and business professionals in Chongqing.
For the full list of project signed, please refer to https://www.enterprisesg.gov.sg/media-centre/media-releases/2019/september/singapore-chongqing-economic-and-trade-cooperation-forum-and-mou-signing-ceremony
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Singapore (19 July 2019) – WiseNet Asia recently held a seminar on ‘HR Due Diligence for Mergers and Acquisitions in China’ for HR professionals in Singapore. The seminar aims to provide the audience with fundamental knowledge on strategic mergers and acquisitions planning in China. The event was held in Singapore on 19 July.
Mr Wesley Hui, Director WiseNet Asia, giving the opening speech.
“The total amount of mergers and acquisitions in China reached its peak in 2018 with a total of $56.1 billion; however, there are also a large number of high profile deals that never took off due to failed due diligence. China is Singapore’s largest trading partner therefore there will be ongoing M&A activities for Singapore companies in China .” said Wesley Hui, Director of WiseNet Asia.
Mr Koh Chin Seng, speaker on Due Diligence in Mergers and Acquisitions in China
The seminar was presented by Mr Koh Chin Seng, a veteran with more than 30 years of HR experience. Mr Koh has undertaken 7 HR Due Diligence projects in China and 6 in US/Europe. In 2012, he co-authored the book ‘HR Diligence for Mergers & Acquisition in China’ and has also contributed 2 case studies to the book “Implementation of Changes in Chinese Organization”, edited by Professor Ruth Atlas.
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The 2019 Second China Headhunting Industry Development Summit is successfully held on June 21st in Chongqing Human Resources Service Industrial Park.
On this occasion, our general manager Ms Karen Woong accepted an interview from Hualong.com. According to Ms Woong, “Successfully hunting a senior talent is sometimes more like a psychological game.” According to the “2019 Headhunting Industry Insight Report”, the headhunting process starts from the commissioning of the recruitment assignment whereby a recruitment project takes an average of 1-3 months to complete. An average 45.67% of the headhunters complete a recruitment project within a period of about 3 months. The people in the industry describe hunting talents as comparable to the pursuit of love.
Ms Karen Woong, General Manager, Chongqing WiseNet Asia Co., Ltd
From HR to headhunting for more than 10 years, Ms Karen Woong, General Manager of Chongqing WiseNet Asia Co., Ltd. bluntly said that it is a “marriage” for the company and talents. Everything has variables. Once, to look for a sales director of an international company, the company picked an Italian from 10 recommended candidates, the two sides hit it off. The candidate has three days to enter the job, but in the last minute said that he “does not want to jump”, which means that the year-long hunting plan has been abandoned. “My wife is pregnant, and there is no way for the company to take care of the family at this time.” The candidate is apologetic. In addition, the original company treated the welfare of the employees’ family members, which was obviously better than the new company. Ms Karen Woong did not break the connection with the candidates. She recalled: “After a year, the job vacancy still exist, the client company once again proposed to recruit others. This time, the candidate who once rejected showed me his network, this single business was then successfully completed.”
An industry insider revealed that the high-end candidates are all “airborne soldiers”. Whether they can control the team and survive in the enterprise, they also need the follow-up service of the headhunter. “When the candidate failed to survive the three-month guarantee period, the headhunting company will only get 50% of the value of the order.” Previously, to help a packaging printing company in Singapore to find a professional and technical personnel, Ms Karen Woong turned to find the right person in India. When the other party flew from India to Singapore, a person came to the channel with his luggage. Ms Karen Woong decided to become his first local friend, this means one-to-one orientation including eating habits, cultural atmosphere, taking him to the supermarket, so that he can get used to the local life as soon as possible. This year’s Spring Festival, the candidate’s phone call made Ms Karen Woong feel warm: “He said that when he returned to Singapore during the Spring Festival, he hoped to introduce his wife to me.”For many years, Ms Karen Woong often received something from the family members of the candidates such as greetings, hand-made desserts, etc. The master of profound psychology, Ms Karen Woong feels that headhunting is a business that needs long term ‘efforts’, whereby you need to really think what is best for the job candidates and let them give you their heart. Headhunters often need to go out with candidates or customers to expand their network. They once recruited professional management talents for an international airport, whereby Ms Karen Woong flew directly to the Maldives. This is a headhunting life exactly as shown in the TV series.
Extracted from Hualong.com – “Hunting in the Workplace” Chongqing WiseNet Asia.
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16 May 2019 – WiseNet Asia participated in the 2nd Western China International Fair for Investment and Trade in Chongqing to present its Belt and Road HR Solutions. This is the largest trade fair in Western China, and a significant event for Chongqing to carry forward it’s trade opening up through global collaborations. The trade opening up policy is in line with the Belt and Road Initiative for the Western region.
The 3 days event from May 16 to 18 attracted participants from 95 countries, consisting of 4000 companies and 70,000 visitors. A total of 132 projects with investment value of RMB337.53 billion are signed during the event.
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As we celebrate our 8th Year Anniversary, here is a little message to our job candidates, clients and business associates:
Looking back:
8 years from a small head hunter firm to a regional HR consultancy; 8 years of hard work, tenacity and team chemistry that make things happen; 8 years of relentless drive in placing and developing talents, and building partnerships with companies of the same purpose.
Our 8th year key milestones:
Going regional.Started in 2011 and based in Singapore, WiseNet Asia has expanded to other locations in Shanghai, Chongqing, Hong Kong in China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The HR firm with the highest number of employees’ retention.The 3 longest employees have stayed with the company since day 1.Turnover on average year-on-year is below 10%.
Pioneer HR firm in Belt & Road Initiative/Chongqing Connectivity Initiative (CCI).WiseNet Asia has been actively involved in the Talent Development and Business Matching aspects of the Chongqing Connectivity Initiative since it’s inception in Nov 2015.CCI is part of the greater Belt and Road Initiative which is estimated to be running close to 1 trillion in 3 regions.In 2018, WiseNet (Chongqing) is accredited as one of the Talent Acquisition Service Provider for Chongqing Municipality from 2018-2019 under the HongYan (talent) policy.Another award is the ‘Chongqing Municipality Talent Attraction Work Station’ by Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security.
In 2011, Wesley Hui, founder of the company, said to his staff “I see myself as someone who is able to help people find real meaning and value by placing them in the right career path, at the same time, I help companies grow in many ways.I don’t see this as a transactional service becauseit’s about the unquantifiable valuethat means a lot to everyone.”
8 years later, in WiseNet Asia,it is still about delivering real meaning and value, in talent acquisition, talent development, HR outsourcing and in everything that we do.
We look forward to working with all of you for more successful talents placements, more talents development and more successful collaborations.
28 Feb 2019: WiseNet Asia facilitated a meeting between Chongqing Connectivity Initiative Bureau, China (CCIB) and Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF), the aim of the meeting is to create awareness and promote trade in the Southern Transport Corridor to members of SMF.
Chongqing Connectivity Initiative Bureau is represented by Mr Hu Jian Bo, Minister of the Transport & Logistics Promotion Department, CCI.
Singapore Manufacturing Federation is represented by Mr Poh Choon An, Vice President. Mr Poh is also the Vice Chairman, China and North Asia Business Group, Singapore Business Federation (SBF). Other attendees from Singapore included Mr Wesley Hui, Executive Director, WiseNet Asia, Mr Chan Fook Seng, Consulting Director, Global Trade Services and several other key figures from each of these entities.
Left: Mr Hu Jian Bo, Minister of the Transport & Logistics Promotion Department, CCI; Mr Poh Choon An, Vice President, Singapore Manufacturing Federation
The Southern Transport Corridor is an extension of the Chongqing Connectivity Initiative (CCI), the 3rd government-to-government joint project between China and Singapore. Chongqing is the western hub of the Belt and Road Initiative due to its strategic location that connects the “Silk Road Economic Belt”, “21st Century Maritime Silk” and the “Yangtze River Economic Belt”.
The Southern Transport Corridor is a southward trade route of multimodal rail and sea logistics networks. The Corridor consist of: – Chongqing-Guizhou-Guangxi-Singapore rail-sea multi-modal logistics passage – Southward cross-border road passage via the provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi
With Southern Transport Corridor and the Europe bound north west rail route (YuXinOu), Chongqing is well positioned as the logistics hub for the western region.
Most of the members of Singapore Manufacturing Federation have set ups in countries along the Southern Transport Corridor, hence they will benefit from lower cost of goods sent, and reduced shipping time. SMF currently has 3000 members; SBF have another 5000 members, members from both associations will be alerted on the new network and its opportunities.
As of to date, not many Singapore companies are aware of the Southern Transport Corridor. When the faster and lower cost transport networks are fully maximized, the benefits are enormous. Moving forward, WiseNet Asia will assist companies that intend to expand into Southern China through its strength in business matching and talents management.
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12 March 2019 – Representatives from companies that operate in both sides of Chongqing and Singapore met with government officials from the Chongqing Municipal Government to discuss challenges in the course of doing business cross-border. This meeting aims to discuss business issues and possible solutions.
More and more multinationals and SMEs expand their businesses cross-border under the Chongqing Connectivity Initiative (CCI), the third government-to-government project between Singapore and China, which was set up in Nov 2015. Four priority sectors identified for joint development under CCI are financial services, aviation, transport and logistics and Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
This meeting is hosted by Mr Qi Xiao Feng, Deputy Director, Chongqing Connectivity Initiative Bureau.
Other representatives from Chongqing include Mr Deng Hui Lin, Deputy Mayor of Chongqing Municipal Government; Mr Qi Xiao Feng, CCIB Deputy Director; Mr Pang Li Qiang, Municipal Public Security Bureau Criminal Investigation Corps Political Commissar; Mr He Qiang, Director of Chongqing Public Security, Chengdu Railway Public Security Bureau. Also in the meeting are representatives from Municipal Government Port Logistics, Municipal Public Security Bureau, CCIB, YuXinOu Railway.
The Singapore based companies in Chongqing that have their representatives present are from WiseNet Asia, YCH Group, City Developments Ltd, Vibrant Group Ltd., Fooyo, Business China, FinTech Association.
The Chongqing based companies in Singapore that have their representatives present are from Chongqing International Trade Group, Zomwork, Xinyi Jimao, Shybuild, Dawn Group, Quanneng Pharmaceutical, Singapore Chinese medicine industry，Rong Teng Technology (Nova), Perfect International School, SECC Holdings, Meridian Industries.
The Singapore companies’ feedback on challenges they are facing in doing business in Chongqing, some of these include work permit validity for 1 year, which can be a hassle to renew yearly. Other areas where the participants requested for improvements include local corporate governance with better clarity, clearer defined legal protection for overseas companies’ investment and joint ventures.
From left: Wesley Hui, Executive Director, WiseNet Asia and Qi Xiao Feng, Deputy Director, Chongqing Connectivity Initiative Bureau
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Date: Friday, 23rd Nov 2018 to Sunday, 25th Nov 2018 Time: 10:00 – 6:00pm (Sunday expo closes at 5pm.) Location: ChongQing International Expo Center
Why choose ChongQing?
Event Details Theme: Quality of Life to Share
With the strong support of Chongqing Municipal People’s Government, Chongqing Commerce Commission, China-Singapore (Chongqing) Demonstration Initiative on Strategic Connectivity Administrative Bureau, and Liangjiang New Area Government, the Expo will be launched in Chongqing, the only municipality in Western China, to deepen the implementation of the “Belt and Road” Initiative along China’s Yangtze River Economic Belt and to establish a world-class serial exhibition.
Well located in the crossroad of “Silk Road Economic Belt”, ”China – Indo-China Peninsula Economic Corridor” and “Yangtze River Economic Belt”, Chongqing set up China (Chongqing) Pilot Free Trade Zone in 2017. In addition, since Chongqing – Xinjiang – Europe International Railway became operational, Chongqing has become a key gateway connecting Europe, Asia-Pacific Region and ASEAN.
Statistics from “Belt & Road” Expo 2017 During the 2017 Expo, 12 sessions of road shows and 70 match-makings were held. Nearly 60 journalists from over 40 mainstream media delivered live report, releasing a total of over 1400 news reports throughout the event.
