Shenyang has published its 2025 Directory of Urgently Needed Industrial Talent, which indicates sustained demand for professionals within four key industrial clusters: biomedicine and medical equipment, high-end equipment, integrated circuits, and next-generation information technology. This information was recently obtained from the Shenyang Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau.
Currently, the pace of industrial restructuring in Shenyang is accelerating, with ten major key industrial clusters—represented by high-end equipment, automobiles and parts, aerospace, next-generation information technology, and food—continuing to expand and strengthen. As the city extends, supplements, and strengthens its key industrial chains, the demand for high-level, highly-skilled, and interdisciplinary talent is characterized by accelerated growth, evolving structures, and expanding fields.
The compilation of this directory aims to scientifically identify talent demands within key technological areas of the city's major industrial clusters, precisely pinpointing gaps in high-level, high-skill, and interdisciplinary personnel to provide a decision-making basis for Shenyang's talent-driven city strategy. Furthermore, it serves to guide the introduction, cultivation, utilization, and allocation of talent, ensuring a tight alignment between talent supply and industrial upgrading, technological innovation, and key project development, thereby effectively enhancing industrial dynamism, innovation capacity, and the city's overall competitiveness to support high-quality economic and social development in Shenyang.
The directory has selected a total of 266 urgently needed positions, covering Shenyang's key developing industrial clusters. Overall, positions within strategic clusters such as high-end equipment, integrated circuits, biomedicine and medical equipment, and next-generation information technology are relatively concentrated, accounting for nearly 60% of the total directory, reflecting the persistent demand for high-level professional and skilled talent during the city's industrial upgrading process.
In terms of urgency rating, 82 positions were classified as five-star critically needed roles, primarily concentrated in fields like integrated circuits, biomedicine and medical equipment, and high-end equipment, indicating significant talent shortages in core technologies and key segments of these industries. There are 112 four-star positions, spanning a wide range of sectors including next-generation information technology and aerospace, as well as pillar manufacturing industries like food and new materials. The 72 three-star positions are mostly concentrated in broadly applicable vocational skill roles that provide foundational support across the city's industrial system.
From an industrial distribution perspective, biomedicine and medical equipment (46 positions), high-end equipment (43 positions), integrated circuits (43 positions), and next-generation information technology (38 positions) are the four clusters with the highest number of demanded positions, all operating in technology-intensive and innovation-active sectors that show continuous need for professional talent.
An analysis of the distribution of required specializations across industrial clusters reveals that demand for professional types is quite concentrated, displaying distinct industrial characteristics. In manufacturing sectors such as automobiles and parts, high-end equipment, aerospace, and new materials, demand is heavily focused on traditional engineering disciplines like mechanical, electrical, and materials engineering, which account for a high proportion. The next-generation information technology and integrated circuit clusters show the most prominent demand for computer science, software engineering, and electronic information specializations, reflecting the strong technical requirements and high quantity of positions in the digital industry. Clusters like food and biomedicine are primarily centered on food science and pharmaceutical studies, demonstrating stable industry attributes. Fields such as new energy and energy conservation/environmental protection show relatively sustained demand for specializations like energy and power engineering, and environmental science and engineering.