Finance gurus, techies wanted by community

The city's growing financial outsourcing base in Shibei Hi-Tech Park is looking to the Shanghai Expo to make a broader audience aware of the multitude of services it has to offer to the modern service industry.

The park in Zhabei district, which has been reaching out to non-banking service providers including accounting firms and consulting agencies in recent years, hopes to attract more international clients using the expo as a magnet, said Lang Baochun, the park's director of research.

"Twenty percent of enterprises at the park are overseas-funded," said Lang. "We will take the opportunity presented by the expo in Shanghai to promote our services to overseas investors.