But Taipei tells mainland it would rather talk about cargo charters, farm trade and holiday visits by tourists
The mainland yesterday said it would open its job market to new graduates from Taiwan, but Taipei skirted the offer - saying it would rather focus on cargo charters, farm trade and holiday visits by mainlanders.
Mainland officials said a 10-year-old regulation had been amended to allow fresh graduates from Taiwan to look for jobs, transferring approval power from provincial to municipal authorities.
The new regulation, which will come into effect in October, also applies to jobseekers from Hong Kong and Macau.
But officials who explained the regulation yesterday made it clear they amended the regulation with Taiwanese in mind.
Mainland employers would no longer need to prove they were unable to find suitable candidates on the mainland when they hired Taiwanese graduates, said Liu Danhua , a vice-director with the Department of Training and Employment in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security.
'This will greatly expand the room for Taiwanese people to find work on the mainland,' she said.
