Software talents are the core element of the development of software industry, and the competition of software industry is the competition of talents fundamentally. According to the Proposal of the CPC Central Committee on Formulating the Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development and the Vision Goals for the Year 2035, it is necessary to stimulate the creativity of talents and train, introduce and make good use of talents in all aspects.

On April 23, 2021, the Institute of Information Technology and Software Industry of CCID, a think tank, published the White Paper on Talent in Key Software Fields (2020). White paper respectively from the key software talent research scope, research background, the industry development situation, the status, related institutions talent supply and other aspects are discussed, and predict the future talent gap, the formation of key software talented person demand directory, and explores the main problems of the key software talents development in our country, and puts forward Suggestions.

According to the white paper, under the background of the new normal economy, China’s software and information technology service industry continues to show a steady and sound performance, with the number of software employees in China growing steadily, the per capita output value increasing continuously, and the number of key software professionals growing. But at the same time, compared with countries with developed software industry, China still has a certain gap in software talent training mode and talent value embodiment. In recent years, with the continuous improvement of the demand for software talents in China, the new gap of talents in key software fields has been widening. Strengthening the construction of talents in software industry has become the key to the high-quality development of the industry. From the perspective of talent scale, it is estimated that by 2025, the new talent gap in key software fields in China will reach 830,000. From the perspective of demand types, the jobs in critical software fields are concentrated in high-end technical positions, among which architects and front-end development engineers are most in short supply.

In the next step, China should promote the integration of industry and education and improve the collaborative training system, according to the white paper. Innovate talent training, explore the “multi-mode” of talent training; Guide talent certification, gradually with international standards; Make clear the training objectives and strengthen the training evaluation of talents in short supply.

Here is a PowerPoint presentation of the main contents of the white paper:

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