Outstanding Hong Kong professionals should be selected to serve as civil servants in inland areas, according to a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
This proposal was made by Li Yang, a Hong Kong businessman and a member of the National Committee of the (CPPCC), China's top advisory body.
He said, �I think this is a good measure to solve the problem of professional shortages over the next few years resulting from China's WTO entry.�
He noted that the significance of this move lies in proving to the whole world the �one country, two systems� concept is �reliable and feasible.�
Meanwhile, the move will also energetically promote the great course of China's reunification, he said.
(Xinhua News Agency March 13, 2002)
