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[tyroleanhat]

I understand that this is probably less relevant for most English teachers, but I wonder if some of you have more knowledge about all this.

http://www.acabridge.cn/include/acabridge/jobs/engdwywm

What are the differences between a regular English teacher, a (Yunshan) scholar, a foreign expert and a guest professor (all those are mentioned on the page).
Only the top of the tops -Universities have this program? Or only a Guangdong thing? How hard/impossible is it to get such a position as a foreigner, or are those only meant for people like the president of the US?
The salaries are outstanding, almost 8000 USD per month for the Yunshan leading scholar.

The Chinese I asked couldn't really explain this to me.

[tyroleanhat]

Some more info from their wikipedia article:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangdong_University_of_Foreign_Studies

Teaching Staff
By the statistical figure given in October 2014, the university has 1154 full-time teachers, including 240 full professors, 358 associate professors, 48 PhD supervisors, 338 MA/MS supervisors,10 teachers entitled to a special government allowance granted by the State Council, 3 teachers chosen as the leading figure in their disciplines in the national ambitious talent training program(by 2010,the country hopes to turn out several hundred outstanding scientists, engineers and theorists that can shine in the world of science and technology, several thousand pace-setters in their disciplines and technological fields in the country, and several ten thousand young scholars of great potentials that can lead their disciplines), 1 middle-aged teacher cited for his outstanding contribution, 13 teachers chosen as candidates for the elite talents supported by the Ministry of Education, 2 state-level teaching teams, 7 province-level teaching teams, and 1 state-level renowned teacher, 4 teachers included in the province-level Pearl River Scholars Program, 1 teacher chosen as a candidate for the national ambitious talent training program, 44 teachers chosen as candidates for Guangdong’s ambitious talent training program(1n 1996, the Department of Education initiated a project to train 10 scholars that can exert influence on the domestic and overseas academic world, 100 original academic pace-setters in their respective disciplines, and 1000 leading scholars of potentials),7 chosen as candidates for Guangdong Outstanding Young Teachers Program,14 teachers having received financial support from Guangdong Talents Program, 11 teachers having won financial support from Guangdong Special Fund for Bringing in Talents, 42 teachers included in the university-level Yunshan Scholars Program.
Since the start of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011), the university has won 7 state-level key research programs in humanities and social sciences, ranking the 4th after Sun Yatsen University, Jinan University, and South China Normal University. Besides, it has captured more than 500 research programs financed by governments at different levels, including 7 state-level major programs, 4 state-level key programs, and about 80 other state-level programs, with the research fund totaling more than 30,000,000 yuan. In addition, the teachers have published more than 200 monographs and 3000 academic papers, 200 of which are included in the leading Chinese and overseas journals, and secured more than 30 awards at the province- and the ministry- level.

The University’s Foreign Teachers
In 2014, the school employed more than 220 long-term and short-term foreign teachers.

[wangdaning]

It is something they personally made up.

[tyroleanhat]

They may have made up the names for those scholars, but this development is happening all over China, from what I gathered in similar ads - seeking high-talent employees with appropriate high salary. I was wondering if that would apply only for research professors, or could be applicable also for an English teacher (with PhD) or in my case, a musician (with PhD)

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[Jmbf]

From your initial link, one of the first requirements is "Firm and correct political orientation" That's most of us out then!

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[RiverMystic]

The academic system is pretty superficial. The main criteria will be which university your PhD is from, or which university you have worked in overseas. This will grant the institution face. It doesn't matter so much what you can do.