Following the success of the first preparatory session for Human Assets Standards Association (Preparatory), on March 10th, 2010, the authoritative experts from reputable institutions, and HR Directors and VPs of China or Asia Pacific region from over 20 world-famous corporations gathered together again to have a second preparatory session. They had further discussed the topics that have general concerns such as the founding of Human Assets Standards Associations (HASA), the standards of HR industry, the personnel structure of the society, and employment, etc. The conference was held by Mr. Kevin S. Cheung, the Director General of Executive Committee, Human Resources Commission of PDI and the Coordinator of HASA.

Kevin first started with the challenges of Human Resource Management both within China and in the world. He also elaborated the development of HR professional groups and the functions, the objectives and the necessity of founding an officially-sanctioned HR association. The attendees proposed their opinions and expectations of founding HASA, the professional association for HR practitioners one after another. The following are main cited speeches from the participants.

The participants believe that:
There are quite a lot industries that have associations now, such as insurance and banking. There also exit many associations for practitioners in HK, TW and overseas, such as for doctors, accountants, architects and etc. As the HR practitioners manages workforce for the society, our role is specially critical. Our competencies directly influence the country: whether it can achieve the economic development goals, whether it can optimize talent structures, wh