On September 19, the Specification for Competence Evaluation of Technical Manager (T/CASTEM 1007—2022), the first national technical manager ability assessment criteria, was officially released. ZGC Sci-tech Service, a member of the Group, participated in its drafting. It marks that the capability building and grade assessment of technical managers steps into the track of standardization, normalize and institutionalization.

The Specification was formulated by the MOST Science and Technology Evaluation Center, Beijing Wuzhou Integrated Innovation and Industrial Strategy Institute, China Sci-tech Evaluation and Achievement Management Society, MOST Talent Exchange and Development Service Center, China Technology Exchange, BIT Technology Transfer Center, Beijing Technology Marketing Association, Shanghai Academy for Evaluation of Sci-tech Achievements, Zhongke Hechuang(Beijing) Sci-tech Achievements Evaluation Center, Beijing ZGC Sci-tech Service Co., Ltd. and so on.

The Specification stipulates technical managers’ functional role, the overall requirements of their competence, the classification and requirements of competence assessment, the organization and implementation of competence assessment, and the application of evaluation results. It can serve as a guideline for the evaluation, training, qualification, assessment and motivating technical managers.  

The Specification also sets out the ability requirements for technical managers at different levels. It focuses on building a capability building and assessment system with clear levels, distinct metrics and smooth pathways, to enable a more standardized system of capability building and grade evaluation for technical managers and a better ecosystem for sci-tech achievement transformation.