--FILE--Collège les élèves entrent à l'entrée principale de l'Université de Pékin à Beijing, Chine, 13 juillet 2018. Les diplômés des deux plus grandes universités de Pékin wi
--FILE--College students enter the main gate of Peking University in Beijing, China, 13 July 2018. Graduates from two top universities in Beijing will be granted fast-track Shanghai household registration authorization if they choose to work in the financial hub, according to a new policy issued by the city's education commission. Under a pilot program, those with bachelor's degrees from Peking University or Tsinghua University who have been offered jobs in Shanghai will be granted preferential treatment in their applications for Shanghai household registration permits, or hukou, which afford holders a full range of benefits including pensions, healthcare and child education stipends as well as auto and apartment purchasing quotas. The policy comes at a time when a long list of Chinese cities ª including Beijing, Tianjin and Shenzhen ª have offered to provide various incentives to attract talent, including hukou privileges. "Shanghai's new policy ... significantly cuts the time required to obtain a Shanghai hukou under a points-based system, " said Lu Yujie, managing consultant of human resources company Cornerstone Global Partners. First-tier cities like Shanghai and Beijing are feeling the pressure as second- and third-tier ones are attracting top graduates with preferential policies, but Shanghai, over the long term, needs to address its high living costs and property prices if it wants to attract and retain more talent, Lu said.
