Nineteen centrally administered State-owned enterprises (SOEs) have begun their worldwide search for managers and other high-level positions on Monday, according to the website of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC).

The manager position is vacant in five SOEs: Dongfeng Motor Corp, China State Construction Eng Corp, China Travel Service (holdings) Hong Kong, State Nuclear Power Technology Corp and Chinatex Corp.

Another 15 openings in 14 other SOEs, including China Unicom and China Shipping (Group) Co, are for vice managers, chief accountants, chief law counselors and advanced research leaders.

Since it was first established in 2003, SASAC has employed 111 high-ranking managers, according to China Daily's earlier report.