The global economic downturn having an impact on China's manufacturing sector.  This, among other factors, has motivated the government here to implement a massive domestic spending package that is designed to try to move the Chinese economy more away from its traditional export driven growth, and fuel increased strength in domestic spending.  In this way, it's hoped employment will be stabilized.  So in that respect, what exactly are employers out there looking for right now, particularly with the up and coming generation of workers?  And with a new focus on domestic demand, what impact will this have on the private banking sector?  

Ni hao, you're listening to  People In the Know, your window into the world around you, online at crienglish.com here on China Radio International.  In this edition of the program we'll be hearing about employment and private banking.  So let's get started.

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Recently CRI's Ashley Eldridge had an opportunity to sit down with a couple of experts in employment and private banking here in China.  Robert Parkinson is Antal International's Managing Director for China and Mr. Terry Liu is the head of investment Minsheng Bank. 

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We're going to take a short break, and come back and hear more of our banking and employment conversation.  Stay with us.

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Ni hao, you're listening to  People In the Know, online at crienglish.com here on China Radio International.  I'm Paul James in Beijing.  In this edition of our show we're hearing from a pair of experts in both the employment and private banking sectors here in China.  So let's continue to hear from Mr. Robert Parkinson, Managing director of Antal International here in China and Mr. Terry Liu, head of investment at Minsheng Bank, who recently sat down with CRI's Ashley Eldridge.

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And with that we wrap up this edition of  People In the Know, online at crienglish.com here on China Radio International.  Special thanks to Ms. Eldridge for conducting this interesting interview, which would lead us to believe that while the markets might be tough right now, perseverance and hard work should lead us through it.  Questions or comments for us can be sent to people@cri.com.cn.  For Executive Director Zhao Yang, Producer Chen Mo and CRI's Ashley Eldridge, this is Paul James in Beijing.  Enjoy the day.