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Forum Horizon Chine

Your benefits

ParisTech

Chinese Students of ParisTech

AFCP

Former Participating Companies

FHC 2015 Review

FHC 2016 Review

FHC 2017 Outlook

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Forum Horizon Chine

The Forum Horizon Chine is hosted by the ParisTech Franco-Chinese Friendship

Association(AFCP) and the Embassy of the People’s republic of China in France. The

Forum Horizon Chine will have its 10th Anniversary in 2017. Full of passion and spirit

for perfection, the Forum Horizon Chine will continue to serve as an active platform

for both perspective students and various companies. Here are three objectives of

our forum:

Assist the Chinese students of ParisTech to find a job or an internship;

Assist the French students of ParisTech who are interested in a career related to

China to find a job or an internship;

Provide an exchange opportunity to the French and Chinese companies

The forum firstly held in June 2008 was a real success. Almost 300 students from

French Grandes Écoles and French universities participated in the one-day forum.

The students got the chance to communicate with the participating French and

Chinese companies and many of them were interviewed by multiple companies.

Since then, AFCP hosts the Forum Horizon Chine every year, attracting more and

more companies and students. 27 French, Chinese and other multinational companies

have participated in forums since 2008. We have received many positive feedbacks

from former participants.

This year, we are dedicated to attract more participants with different backgrounds

and more companies from various industries. We wish to meet you in the Forum

Horizon Chine this year and will make every effort to offer you the best service. We

truly hope that all our participants can benefit from our forum.

We sincerely invite you to join us on the 23th February 2017, in Télécom ParisTech!

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Your benefits

Spread your enterprise’s vision in France, in China and among the top

engineering schools, trade and University

Get attentions from the French and Chinese media

Coordinate or organize conferences and round table meetings based on your

needs

Through the conference, present various interests of your company

At the round table meetings, gain a good knowledge about the market

situation, talk about your views on interesting topics, meet new business

founders and exchange ideas with them

Build partner ship with other companies during the cocktail

Exchange ideas with ParisTech and find out how to cooperate better

Grant your feedback to AFCP in order to improve the next forum

Entrust us to prepare and organize your own recruitment session

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Discuss with participants face to face

Collect CVs of prospective participants

Interview directly the talents whose profiles meet your requirements

Explore all good characters of Chinese students: smart, focused, analytical,

modest, etc.

Present to them your strategy in France and in China, distribute your spirits and

attract more perspective graduates

ParisTech

The complementary nature of the areas of excellence of the ParisTech Grandes

Écoles provides students, researchers, and all partners with an outstanding pool

which allows for a unique transdisciplinarity. At ParisTech, there is close

interaction internationally in both teaching and research through the many

partnership agreements.

ParisTech, an Institute of Science

and Technology, is an international

university in the field of higher

education and research.

AgroParisTech

Arts et Métiers ParisTech

Chimie ParisTech

Ecole des Ponts ParisTech

Ecole Polytechnique

ENSAE ParisTech

ENSTA ParisTech

ESPCI ParisTech

HEC Paris

MINES ParisTech

Télécom ParisTech

Institut d'Optique Graduate School

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E x c h a n g e s b e t w e e n P a r i s T e c h a n d U n i v e r s i t i e s i n C h i n a

In 2000, ParisTech launched the program“50 engineers”, known as the "9

+ 9 program” in China. Each year, nearly one hundred Chinese students

are admitted into ParisTech via this program. These outstanding students

from prestigious universities get access to dual training diplomats,

masters and doctoral programs in the schools network.

Chinese Students of ParisTech

W h o a r e c o n c e r n e d o f t h e a c t i v i t y

Chinese students in France

Graduates of well-known Chinese universities, most of whom comes from engineering schools or business schools

The elites

Experienced workers who would like to return to China to develop their businesses

French who have cooperation with China

Expected number of participants：300

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The Franco-Chinese Friendship Association of ParisTech (AFCP)

aims to strengthen the Franco-Chinese relationship by improving the

academic, professional and cultural exchanges between the two countries.

Our association is open to all students and graduates of the Grandes Écoles

of ParisTech, especially to those who are interested in careers in China.

AFCP

S e r v i c e s

Everyday life

Help the Chinese

students apply to one

of the programs

proposed by the

schools of ParisTech.

Facilitate the

reception of the

Chinese or French

students on their

arrival in France or

China.

Activities

Introduce AFCP and

ParisTech to the

French and Chinese

companies through

the events organized

by AFCP, including the

FHC, the Salon AFCP,

the Moon Festival

( Gala de la Lune ), the

IT Professional Club,

etc.

Career

Help the Chinese

students of ParisTech

find a internship or a

job, help them in their

administrative

approaches .

Provide an

opportunity of

exchange between

French companies

and Chinese partners.

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Environment

Former Participating Companies

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The 8th Forum Horizon Chine was held on 1st June 2015 in MINES

ParisTech, supported by ParisTech and the Embassy of the People’s

republic of China in France.

205 of the participants have registered on our official website and

most of them were Chinese. There were also French students and

students of other nationalities. Furthermore, 60% of participants held

engineering degrees, and 90% held equivalent master degree.

With regard to the participant companies, there were some new

incomers in 2015. Besides big companies like BMW, Dragonfly Group,

Schneider Electric, Valeo, Apple Store and L’Oréal, there were also

some SMEs like CGR, some associations like ACECE. Meanwhile, in the

forum, there were interviews and round table meetings for

participants .

Participants’ professional experience Participants’ academic background

Students

Young Graduates

Experienced

workers

Engineering School

Business Schol

University

FHC 2015 Review

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The 9th Forum Horizon Chine was held on 26th May 2016 in ESPCI

ParisTech. A total of 111 students were enrolled in the forum. 37% of

participates mainly intended to find internships opportunities. 48% of

the participants looked for their first job, and 15% already had work

experience in France and sought for new job opportunities.

This year, Forum Horizon Chine was co-hosted with the "New

Europe", the "New Europe" has a significant influence on the students

in France.

Participating companies include ACECE, Bureau Véritas, ASTEK,

Schneider Electric, Valéo, Keolis, the Apple Store, Plastic-resistant

(Plastic Omnium), etc. Among them, Keioisi, ASTEK and Plastic

Omnium participated in Forum Horizon Chine for the first time.

Participants can communicate with the companies. The forum

provided the participants with a active platform for their activities.

Both job seekers and companies have benefited greatly from this

forum.

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FHC 2016 Review

Students

Young

Graduates

Experienced

workers

AFCP

NewEurope

Others

Participants’ professional experience Publicity channels

To better organize the forum, we have surveyed 63 Chinese students

who are studying in ParisTech. 46% of them are Bac 4+, 36% are Bac

5+. And 56% of them are looking for an internship of 6 month, 25%

are looking for an internship or an employment of more than one year.

It is worth noting that 100% of the students surveyed indicated that

they want to participate to our forum.

Most of the students plan to begin their stages/jobs between Feb.

2017 and Jun. 2017, the percentage is about 77%. And there are also

the persons who would like to work from September 2017.

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FHC 2017 Outlook

7%

10%

15%

11%

8%

33%

8%

5%3%

Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May. Jun. Jul. Sep. Oct.

The beginning time of a planned internship/job

As for the sector, Finance & Consulting is the most popular, 46% of the

students plan to work at this area. Followed by Energy & Environment

(30%), Food & Chemical Engineering (25%) and Mechanical Industry

(24%).

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FHC 2017 Outlook

As for the types of work, most of the respondents prefer working in

R&D (71%), marketing department is the second ideal type (43%), and

they also would like to work in the purchasing department (21%) and

logistics department (21%).

46%

21%

24%

30%

11%

25%

10%

Finance & Consulting

Telecommunications

Mechanical Industry

Energy & Environment

Biology &…

Food & Chemical…

Others

Areas of work

43%

10%

3%

71%

21%

21%

14%

Marketing

Sales

Administrative

R&D

Purchasing

Logistics

Others

Departments of work

For the 10th China Horizon Forum in 2017, we are dedicated to

improve our services for two parties, companies and students, and

we are planning to organize more activities to reinforce the

communication and exchange between these two parties. We are

confident that both job seekers and companies will benefit from

our forum.