【正确答案】Human resource development has long been high on the agenda of China. The Chinese government has put in place the strategy of empowering the country with a strong pool of talents in ways that enable talents to bring their potential into full play/bring out their best/reach their full potential. Years of practice has shaped/resulted in/culminated in a complete/well-developed personnel system for engineers and technicians, who are now employed in line with professional titles. As the title-oriented employment practice is a product of planned economy, it has to be refined so that it can adapt to an emerging socialist market economy and meet the evolving needs of socio-economic development in China. To this end, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-rural Development, the Chinese Academy of Engineering and China Association for Science and Technology have co-founded/jointly established a leading group to coordinate research on technical professionals. The task force has charted a reform course for the engineering and technical community and developed a merit-driven appraisal system. The leading team has also worked hard to facilitate international mutual recognition and qualification-based access for engineers.