Chinese IT firms attract more executives from Google, Microsoft  

外企高管頻跳槽中國IT企業撈金 微軟谷歌系最吃香

近日，微軟全球資深副總裁張亞勤結束自己長達15年微軟生涯，加盟百度的新聞占據了中秋節各大媒體的頭條，同時也引發了人們對于外企高管頻頻離職，轉戰中國本土互聯網企業現象的關注與思考。分析指出，張亞勤的離開與微軟在移動時代失勢趨勢不無關系。[查看全文]

(ECNS) – An increasing number of leading foreign company executives are taking positions at Chinese IT companies for career development opportunities and higher salaries.

Numbers of Chinese information and electronics technology companies have managed to stand out amid fierce competition from international companies, luring foreign talents.

China's largest search engine provider Baidu announced on Wednesday that it had hired a former top executive from Microsoft. Before joining Baidu, Zhang Yaqin served as vice president and chairman of the Asia R&D Group at Microsoft Corporation.

In May, Baidu announced that Google Brain's founder Andrew Ng had been put in charge of the Baidu Brain project.

Another internet giant, Alibaba, has named Google veteran Jane Penner as vice president and head of investor relations. Insiders said the move could help Alibaba launch its IPO in the US in September.

Top Android executive Hugo Barra left Google and joined China's smartphone maker Xiaomi as vice president in 2013. And former IBM vice president Fan Yu joined Inspur Group as CEO this July.

Besides higher positions and better pay, the rapidly developing internet industry is a main reason these executives have moved to Chinese companies, analysts say.