dear mayor,
hope this note finds you well.
i am a student based in liverpool in uk. i am planning to do a one-year gap year in changsha to enrich my professional portfolio. in 2008 summer, a visiting summer camp group from changsha stayed in our college. i've obtained some understanding about the city and sort of interested in it. can you please suggest is there any organization working for helping foreigners to find job like teaching english in changsha?

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dear kevin darcy,
we are very glad that you love changsha, and you are welcome to travel, study, and work in changsha. the foreign experts bureau of p. r. china has the following qualification requirements for any foreign person that wants to be an english teacher in china:
1. the person must come from a country where english is spoken as the native language;
2. the person must have at least university diploma and bachelor’s degree;
3. the person must have two years’ experience in teaching english, or have the tesol certificate (teaching english to speakers of other languages);
4. the person must be less than 65 years old.
if you meet the above requirements, you can contact “changsha associated center for international professional exchange”, which is an agency, under the “changsha foreign experts bureau”, focusing on introduction into china and exchange over the world of foreign talents.
the center’s phone number: 86-0731-88666051
fax number: 86-0731-88666051
翻译内容：
这位外国朋友你好，我们非常高兴你能喜欢长沙，同时也欢迎你来长沙旅游、学习和工作。按照中国国家外国专家局的要求，来中国教授英语的外国专家必须符合以下条件：1，来自以英语为母语的国家；2，本科以上学历；3， 具有两年以上语言教学经历或具有tesol证书（teaching english to speakers of other languages）；4， 年龄在65岁以下。
如果您符合以上条件，您可以联系“长沙国际人才智力交流协作中心”。长沙国际人才智力交流协作中心是长沙市外国专家局下属的一家事业单位，专门从事国外人才智力的引进与交流工作，联系电话：86-0731-88666051; 传真：86-0731-88666051。
长沙市人力资源和社会保障局
2011年3月3日