Recently, the Qinghai Provincial Energy Administration launched a call for experts for its expert database in the energy sector, selecting candidates with professional competence and practical experience from relevant organizations to further strengthen energy decision-making consultation capabilities and enhance the professionalism of energy planning, policy research, and industry administration.
The call covers coal, oil and gas, power, renewable energy, energy storage, hydrogen energy, energy conservation and carbon reduction, workplace safety, and intelligent technologies, and also includes related professional areas such as engineering design, consulting and evaluation, detection and certification, and cost estimation and auditing.
Experts to be included in the database are divided into three categories:
First, project review experts, who mainly participate in the review of materials such as project construction plans, technical renovation plans, funding application reports, and feasibility study reports in the energy sector, and provide professional support for project management, cost evaluation, and financial analysis.
Second, technical consulting experts, who mainly provide technical advice for the routine administration of the energy industry, participate in work such as the formulation of industry standards, demonstration of technical routes, on-site verification, safety assessment, and energy efficiency evaluation, and also offer recommendations on the implementation of energy policies, execution of technical standards, and emergency response.
Third, strategic research experts, who focus on the province’s energy development needs, participate in the preparation of energy development plans, research on industrial policies, demonstration of institutional and mechanism reforms, and assessment of market conditions, and provide intellectual support for industry research, policy design, data modeling and analysis, and capacity building.
The notice specifies that applicants should support the leadership of the Communist Party of China, comply with national laws and regulations, and possess sound political integrity and professional ethics; be in good health; and, in principle, be no older than 65, with appropriate flexibility for academicians and experts receiving the State Council’s special government allowance. Applicants should also have no adverse records such as illegal or disciplinary violations or dishonesty, and must not be listed as judgment debtors subject to enforcement for dishonesty.
In terms of professional competence, applicants must be familiar with relevant policies and regulations, technical standards, industry development conditions, and market operating rules in the energy sector, and have a high level of professional theoretical knowledge and extensive practical experience. In principle, applicants should hold a senior or above professional technical title, or possess an equivalent professional level; for frontline technical backbones and managers with outstanding performance and extensive practical experience, the relevant requirements may be appropriately relaxed.
Expert candidates mainly come from research institutes, key laboratories, and new-type R&D institutions; enterprises in coal, oil and gas, power, new energy, energy storage, hydrogen energy, and equipment manufacturing; service institutions such as engineering design, consulting and evaluation, detection and certification, cost estimation and auditing, and safety evaluation; as well as industry associations, universities, industrial alliances, and other organizations.
The call will be carried out through organizational recommendations. Eligible individuals must obtain review and approval from their organization’s human resources department or competent business department, complete the application materials and recommendation opinions as required, and be submitted collectively by the recommending organization.
Application materials mainly include the expert application form, a recent color ID photo, a copy of the ID card, academic degree and diploma certificates, professional technical title or professional qualification certificates, and proof of major achievements over the past five years. Other materials that can demonstrate the applicant’s professional competence may be provided voluntarily.
Experts included in the database will participate in work such as approval or filing evaluation of energy-sector projects, review of construction plans, review of funding applications, and completion acceptance, and will also undertake research and demonstration on energy development plans, special plans, industrial policies, and standards and specifications, as well as matters such as workplace safety inspections, credit evaluation, and data verification.
In addition, experts may participate in activities such as power market analysis, policy interpretation, research projects, academic exchanges, professional training, and science popularization, and, in accordance with relevant provisions, enjoy rights including receiving service remuneration, voluntarily withdrawing from the expert database, and providing comments and suggestions on the management of the expert database.
