Decoding China’s Labour Market: HR Insights & Recommendations for EU SMEs

Hunter Shi is an International Development Consultant with Stantec, specialising in international development, social consulting & auditing. Primarily focused on social implementation & monitoring, stakeholder engagement, and project evaluation, Hunter has completed multiple environmental and social due diligence and labour audits projects for multinational clients across industries such as water, chemical, and construction. His work is also highlighted through the abundant international developmental projects for both the public sector and non-profit organisations, spanning the agriculture, mining, and infrastructure industries.

With more than 14 years of experience in the field of recruitment, employment, and workforce management, Tristan Wang is currently the regional head of Gi Group Holding China, one of the European leading groups for services related to human resources. He has extensive experience in the labour market and workforce management in China, the European Union, and especially in the Belt and Road countries.

Liam Jia is a versatile professional with the past 8 years advising European businesses on market access and business strategies to China. He has a solid working experience in project and operations management, financial and risk control in the EU context.

Liam is an experienced speaker and author of publications on a range of topics, including the environmental sector, SME digitalisation and F&B distribution. Great team player, generating positive influence on teammates.

Emma Dan Liu is HRBP at Generali China Life. She graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2014. Emma has about 10 years’ HR working experience. Her main responsibilities include recruitment, employee relations management and salary management.

Ada Zhang is the HR Director of Goglio (Tianjin) Packaging Co., Ltd. She holds an MBA degree from Nankai University and has more than 20 years of HR management experience in manufacturing companies. During the seven years she has worked with Goglio, she has been responsible for HR, IT, Legal and Public Affairs. Ada is a Certified DISC Behavioral and Motivator Analyst. She has participated in Tsinghua University’s online training program Positive Psychology as well as in the activation coaching training program certified by ICF International Coach Federation.

Goglio is a family-owned multinational company established in Milan in the 1850.The well-known Fres-co system for coffee and fruit products enable processors to expand the shelf life of products and expand their potential markets. The most iconic product is the one-way degassing valve for coffee packaging: in the ‘70s its introduction transformed the coffee roasted from a short time perishable product to a long shelf life commodity. Goglio (Tianjin) Packaging Co., Ltd acts as the manufacturing and commercial hub of Goglio Group for Asian market.

Florian Hajzeri is the General Manager of TechnoAlpin Ice and Snow Equipment Zhangjiakou Co.,Ltd, belonging to the Italian TechnoAlpin Group. He graduated from the University of Vienna, majoring in Sinology, and was an exchange student to Peking University Guanghua School of Management for exchanges and studies. He obtained his Master’s degree from Hult International Business and has been engaged in overseas business development and management for a long time.

Florian is focused on the European experience of snow and ice industry in China’s industrial development in the practice of snow & ice industry. With his years of experience in overseas business marketing, brand promotion, as well as his study and work background in China, he endeavours to combine various ice & snow elements and put them into an organic integration, extend to other industries, then enrich and expand ice and snow content.