Tibet Qizheng Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd.: Innovating in training localized talents to enhance the competitiveness of enterprises and Tibetan talents

Company profile
 
Founded in 1995 in Tibet, Tibet Qizheng Tibetan Medicine Co., Ltd. (Qizheng Tibetan Medicine), the largest Tibetan medicine production enterprises, was listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 2009. By the end of 2017, it has 55 Tibetan medicine products, with 72 drug approval number, of which 22 has gone on the market. In 2017, Qizheng Tibetan Medicine had 1,866 employees, achieved sales income of 1.053 billion yuan, net profit of 301 million yuan, and total tax payment of 200 million yuan, of which 178 million yuan was taxed in Tibet.
 
Challenges
 
For the western minority areas with weak economic foundation and lagging supporting infrastructure, talent development is an important factor in revitalizing regional economy and culture. However, the human resources in the ethnic areas are relatively scarce with poor talent structure, and there are many differences in culture and language. For Qizheng Tibetan Medicine in the ethnic areas, how to overcome these challenges to establish a sustainable localized talent training mechanism and achieve continuous innovation is an important strategy to ensure the survival and sustainable development of the company, and also an important factor to enhance the competitiveness of the Tibetan medicine industry.
 
Solutions
 
In more than two decades development, Qizheng Tibetan Medicine has carried out innovative practice in talent management, turning the company into a pool for cultivating talents.
 
Combining rotation dispatch of employees in other areas with local talent training
 
Qizheng Tibetan Medicine puts local talent cultivation and exploration in the same position as talent introduction, and advocates national integration, cultural integration and talent integration. In 1996, the first batch of Tibetan local employees joined Qizheng Tibetan Medicine. In 2001, the first Tibetan youth training course was held in Lhasa. In recent years, Qizheng Tibetan Medicine has established an internship base for Tibetan college students in Lhasa, and has successively released the Interim Measures for the Management of Talents in Tibet and the Measures for the Management of Students in Tibetan Areas to promote the cultivation of talents in Tibetan areas. Also, since 2012, Qizheng Tibetan Medicine has signed an internship agreement with Western universities such as Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Northwest University for Nationalities, and Qinghai Communication Vocational and Technical College to provide internships for students who are majored in China and Tibet medicine, machinery maintenance and other specialties. They can learn there for average between half a month and a year.
 
For the key technical talents and senior management talents in Tibet, Qizheng Tibetan Medicine established an international scholarship program under the “Tibet Culture Heritage and Protection” fund in 2015 to cultivate talents who can contribute to the civilization and development of Tibetan society and high-quality localized and commercial talents. At the same time, it adopts a combination of rotation dispatch of employees in other areas and local talent training: advocating and promoting Tibetan employees to work in other areas and Han employees to work in Tibetan areas, giving support to working conditions and welfare, and giving priority to those with outstanding performance with prioritized training and promotion.
 
Respecting and caring for the life of employees
 
While exploring the talent training system, Qizheng Tibetan Medicine also aims to develop a harmonious employee relationship, pay attention to the life of employees, and focus on building a diversified and inclusive corporate culture.
 
The first is to strictly regulate the labor and employment relationship, attach importance to the protection of employees' legitimate rights and interests, pay attention to the occupational health and safety of employees, and provide employees with competitive salary and benefits in the local area, including welfare housing. At the same time, Qizheng Tibetan Medicine employs disabled people to help them have a stable income and realize their own life value in work.
 
The second is to pay attention to the respect of employees, and advocate between employees, regardless of nationality, to be friendly, to learn from each other, to treat each other as equals, and to work together in harmony. Qizheng Tibetan Medicine provides a platform for ethnic minority employees to provide cultural beliefs, and incorporates ethnic festivals into the welfare system. Considering the activities of ethnic minority, like the Tibetan New Year, the Snow Festival in Lhasa and the Kampot Festival in Linzhi, the Langshan Festival in Gannan Tibetan Area of Gansu Province, Qizheng Tibetan Medicine provides holidays for employees and organized related activities.
 
Achievement
 
Social benefit
 
By the end of 2017, Qizheng Tibetan Medicine had 273 minority employees, and 46% of senior management personnel were employed in the local (Gansu and Tibet). In the past three years, a total of 39 graduates from Tibetan areas have been hired, and a total of 9 employees from the manufacturing center have been dispatched to Tibet for six-months to three-year local rotation, realizing the internal rotation and developing the Tibetan staff training team. The professional and technical personnel aslo have been dispatched to Tibet for rotation so that the skills of Tibetan employees can be effectively improved in mutual learning and help to skill localization.
 
Since 2012, the number of long-term interns accepted by Qizheng Tibetan Medicine is around 60-70 and the number of short-term interns is nearly 200 annually. Some employees in the Tibetan area have won such honors as “excellent passionate employees” and “outstanding knowledgeable individuals”. 2017 marked the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the School of Tibetan Medicine of Qinghai University. The School commended the outstanding alumni who made outstanding contributions to local economic development, social development and national unity. Four Tibetan employees of Qizheng Tibetan Medicine received this honor.
 
Economic benefit
 
These initiatives of Qizheng Tibetan Medicine bring abundant talent reserves, harmonious labor relations, strong corporate cohesion and extensive social reputation. For example, some graduated students of the Gongbumanlong Yusui Tibetan Medicine School have become Tibetan medicine reserve talents for the implementation of the “100 Tibetan Medicine Clinic Program” in the Tibetan area. The International Scholarship Program of the Tibet Culture Heritage and Protection Fund has also become part of its talent pool plan.
 
Its practice in labor and employment protection have earned him the title of “National Model Workers' Home”, “National Model Labor Relations Harmonious Enterprise”, “Caring for Employees and Achieving Win-Win Development” Advanced Enterprise, etc., and was awarded “2014 Best Practices Case of Global Compact China” by the UN Global Compact. Lei Jufang, Chairman of Qizheng Tibetan Medicine, also won the honor of “Outstanding Private Entrepreneur for Caring for Employees” due to his leading role in the efforts and dedication of Qizheng Tibetan Medicine in labor and employment protection.
 
Prospect
 
In the future, Qizheng Tibetan Medicine will continue to improve its talent training mechanism based on the development of talents in ethnic areas, promote national integration, cultural integration and talent integration, and promote the common growth of enterprises and Tibetan talents.