China to recruit senior sailors from non-maritime universities

Students majoring in engineering in non-maritime universities, especially those from the countryside in the central and western regions, will be allowed to apply for the post of sailor, an official with the Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) said on Wednesday. Relevant measures will be drafted and are scheduled to come out within the year, said Li Zhonghua, director of the seafaring department with the MSA, at an international forum themed as “quality sailors”.