Hebei Province has rolled out a package of 18 measures aimed at supporting the development of talent in the artificial intelligence OPC sector, with the goal of serving and nurturing new business forms and models in the intelligent economy.
The measures were jointly issued by the Hebei Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security, the Provincial Department of Education, and the Provincial Department of Finance, according to an announcement.
The document is divided into five sections: broadening talent recruitment channels, strengthening training support, innovating talent evaluation, increasing policy support, and highlighting activity-driven empowerment, comprising a total of 18 measures.
In terms of broadening talent recruitment channels, the measures aim to attract high-level AI OPC talent from both home and abroad to gather in Hebei through headhunting campaigns, specialized job fairs, and project-based talent recruitment. Flexible recruitment will be intensified, supporting OPC talent to serve local enterprises through part-time work, project cooperation, and technical consulting, with those individuals enjoying the same treatment as local talent in the province according to regulations. Researchers at public institutions will be encouraged to establish OPC ventures through off-post entrepreneurship, retaining their personnel relationships within a specified period and enjoying equal rights as on-post staff at their original units. Demand for OPC talent services will be collected regularly, with human resources agencies compiling and publishing demand lists, conducting OPC talent matchmaking, building an integrated online and offline order-matching platform, and organizing face-to-face communication and cooperation negotiations between enterprises and OPC talent to accelerate order fulfillment and drive collaborative innovation across the industrial chain. High-level OPC talent will be issued "Yanzhao Talent Cards" according to regulations, and localities will be supported in including OPC talent in their local talent support programs, providing full-cycle services covering talent housing, medical health, and more. OPC high-level talent loans will be established, with financial institutions jointly developing business operation, personal business, and personal consumption loan products, offering credit-guarantee-free loans of 500,000 to 10 million yuan, 500,000 to 5 million yuan, and 50,000 to 300,000 yuan respectively, along with preferential interest rate pricing and green approval channels.
In terms of strengthening training support, universities and vocational colleges will be encouraged to integrate OPC entrepreneurial concepts into innovation and entrepreneurship courses and practical training to meet the needs of OPC entrepreneurial development. A curriculum system combining "AI general knowledge plus policy interpretation plus scenario-based practice" will be built, promoting a dual-mentor teaching system between schools and enterprises. Universities will be supported in building 20 OPC micro-majors based on their disciplinary strengths. The province will explore establishing two to three Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei expert sharing platforms for AI OPC in Hebei, cultivating innovative talent through project cooperation and technical breakthroughs. National and provincial advanced training programs will be held to cultivate applied AI OPC talent. OPC entrepreneurship training will be conducted on demand, with eligible individuals receiving up to 1,200 yuan in entrepreneurship training subsidies. AI trainer, database administrator, service robot application technician, and other OPC-related occupations will be included in the province's list of urgently needed occupations for vocational skills training, with subsidy standards raised by 10% above the baseline. Leading enterprises will be actively engaged to select and develop a batch of specialized AI OPC training courses focused on core entrepreneurial skills, conducting order-based training. High-quality training resources from Beijing and Tianjin will be leveraged, exploring a pilot program in Xiong'an New Area that relies on industry-leading enterprises and uses mature large-model applications and AI trainer course systems to conduct order-based vocational skills training for college graduates and enterprise employees, gradually spreading the pilot experience across the province once conditions mature. An OPC entrepreneurship mentor team will be formed to provide guidance, information consulting, and resource matchmaking services for OPC entrepreneurs, helping high-quality OPC startup projects grow and launch. Localities will be encouraged to build AI OPC entrepreneurship ecosystem communities and startup streets, providing shared computing power, AI tools, professional data resources, and other hardware support to attract OPC talent to settle in and innovate. A special action plan for cultivating OPC entrepreneurs will be implemented, organizing OPC entrepreneurs to gain practical experience at growth-stage or mature enterprises in incubation carriers, developing and recruiting OPC entrepreneurship management assistant positions, and organizing college graduates and other young groups to participate in management and operational practice. Qualified cities may use modern technological means to build OPC entrepreneurship scenario simulation training platforms, offering immersive practical experiences in OPC enterprise creation, management, and operation to enhance the ability to handle real-world problems.
In terms of innovating talent evaluation, an AI OPC talent evaluation mechanism oriented toward innovation capability, quality, effectiveness, and contribution will be established. OPC innovative and entrepreneurial talent will be supported in applying for talent projects under the Yanzhao Golden Platform Talent Gathering Plan and enjoying corresponding talent support policies according to regulations. A green channel for professional title review will be opened. OPC professional and technical talent who achieve breakthroughs in frontier technologies or solve major engineering and technical challenges with significant contributions to the economy and society may directly apply for professional titles at the corresponding level without being restricted by education, seniority, or qualification requirements. OPC talent will be supported in participating in the development of national standards, evaluation norms, and textbooks for related new occupations. The "New Eight-Grade Worker" vocational skill level system will be fully implemented, guiding relevant evaluation agencies to shift the focus of vocational skill certification toward OPC occupations and promoting OPC talent in obtaining relevant vocational skill level certificates. Those who make major outstanding contributions in new occupation fields or technical breakthroughs may be exempted from seniority and other restrictions to be exceptionally appointed as special-grade technicians or chief technicians.
In terms of increasing policy support, for key groups such as college graduates within two years of leaving school, those who establish an AI OPC for the first time and operate it normally for more than one year will receive a one-time entrepreneurship subsidy according to regulations. Social insurance subsidies will be implemented. AI OPC ventures that hire unemployed college graduates in their graduation year or within two years of leaving school, as well as individuals with employment difficulties, sign labor contracts of more than one year, and pay social insurance premiums for them will receive social insurance subsidies according to regulations. Financing support will be increased. Eligible AI OPC ventures may receive entrepreneurial guarantee loans of up to 300,000 yuan for individuals and up to 4 million yuan for small and micro enterprises, with interest subsidies of 50% of the actual loan rate according to regulations. Those with good repayment records and strong entrepreneurial projects may continue to apply for loans and interest subsidies after the entrepreneurial guarantee loan matures, for a cumulative total of no more than three times.
In terms of highlighting activity-driven empowerment, entrepreneurship and innovation competitions will be held, incorporating AI OPC into events such as entrepreneurship and innovation competitions and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei entrepreneurship and innovation project exchange exhibitions, giving priority recommendations to venture capital institutions, providing long-term follow-up services, and offering priority support. Vocational skills competitions will be conducted, adding an "AI plus OPC skills track" within the framework of provincial vocational skills competitions and implementing competition incentive policies. Winning contestants will be awarded honorary titles such as "Provincial Technical Expert" according to regulations, issued skill level certificates, and included in the high-skilled talent pool and candidate list for skilled master workshops on a selective basis. Innovative application scenarios will be established, deepening the "one-stop personal entrepreneurship" service scenario, and setting up AI OPC online special zones and offline special windows on provincial government service platforms and public service platforms, providing entrepreneurial services such as business entity registration, taxpayer information confirmation, social insurance registration, employment and entrepreneurship certificate applications, and entrepreneurship subsidy applications to help them quickly start business operations.
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