Chongqing – Starting from January 13, the city’s micro and small business owners will be eligible to take a 16-hour online training course for free, as part of efforts of local human resources authority to promote the development of micro and small enterprises.

Micro and small business owners and their key management personnel, startup companies of innovation and incubation centers, demonstration workshops for poverty alleviation and employment promotion, as well as relevant county-level officials for human resource and social security are the main targeted trainees, according to a notice published on the official website of the online training school.

The online training sessions will incorporate a total of 16 lessons, with 8 class hours of compulsory courses and another 8 class hours of optional courses, ranging from the city's preferential policies for innovation, startups, and inclusive tax relief to live streaming sales skills, business administration, HR recruitment, and advertisement promotion.

This is a nonprofit program initiated by the Chongqing Human Resource Development Service Center under the Municipal Human Resource and Social Security Bureau.

"The main purpose of such training is to familiarize business owners with the latest national policies on supporting the development of micro and small enterprises, optimize the overall employment and innovation environment, and to promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries," said an official with the Municipal Human Resource and Social Security Bureau.

All fees included are waivered for registered trainees and those who finish the entire curriculum will be awarded a digital Certificate of Completion. What's more, the event's organizer also prepared a lot of gift packages to encourage trainees to make full use of the training sessions.

For those of you interested in taking the course, please visit the official website of Chongqing Human Resources Society Training Network here and register for your student account. You're required to finish the courses in the time period starting from January 13 to February 20, and the two recommended means to log on are via:

1) Website

Open http://www.cqrspx.cn in your browser, scroll down, find and click on the banner for "Chongqing Online Training School  for Micro and Small Enterprises." Click on the "Online Study" button on the right side of the new page, and then register your own student account with the real-name verification information. When you log onto your personal page, click on the "Study Map" button, and select the courses that you're interested in.

2) WeChat Official Account

Scan the QR code below using your WeChat app and follow the official account of the Chongqing Human Resource Development Service Center. Then tap on the "Micro and Small Business Training" button to register your own student account. When you log onto your personal page, click on the "Study Map" button, and select the courses that you'd like to take.