The company takes a forward-looking approach, with plans to double its workforce in the next five years
After years of development as the world's leading manufacturing base, mainland China is rapidly maturing into a formidable market of its own with long-term potential.
To capture the business opportunities, foreign investors are broadening the scope of their China operations beyond mere manufacturing, thereby increasing the need for manpower and creating career opportunities for mainland talent.
United States-based Agilent Technologies prides itself as a pioneer of such a forward-looking strategy, with ongoing plans to establish a fully fledged network of product development, research and development (R&D), sales and marketing and support servicing operations around the country.
Formerly a part of Hewlett-Packard, Agilent went independent in 1999, specialising in test and measurement technologies. It is the world's leading maker of cutting-edge test and measurement equipment for the electronics, life sciences, chemical analysis and communications industries.
The company has 19,000 employees in more than 110 countries, and registered a net revenue of US$5billion last financial year.
