AkzoNobel launches youth employment skills project
AkzoNobel NV, a Dutch multinational focusing on specialty chemicals and coatings, said it is committing itself to the development of western China's talent by launching a youth employment project in Chengdu, Sichuan province.
On April 29, together with London-headquartered Plan International, one of the world's largest child-centered humanitarian development organizations, AkzoNobel announced the Youth Employment Solution for You Project. It will help 800 vulnerable young people, aged 16 to 29 in and around Chengdu, to gain certain skill sets for them to hold down a stable job.
"As we continue to grow our business footprint in western China, we feel obliged to support the market by helping to develop local talent, in addition to our paints and coatings supply," said Lin Liangqi, president of AkzoNobel China.
