Workforce solutions giant ManpowerGroup has acquired REACH HR, a human resources provider in Guangdong Province in China.

In an expansion of its solutions package across China’s booming inland region, REACH HR employs of more than 100,000 associates.

A ManpowerGroup statement says: “This additional acquisition fortifies ManpowerGroup’s comprehensive effort to develop China’s manufacturing workforce and align workers with new opportunities, as the country modernises this sector, by repositioning it across new inland hubs and building out a shipping infrastructure, in preparation for a growth spike.”

REACH HR currently serves Guangdong’s electrical appliance and logistical businesses.

Darryl Green, ManpowerGroup president of Asia Pacific and Middle East, says: “By expanding ManpowerGroup’s presence across China’s new and traditional manufacturing hubs, we will be able to provide critical development and recruitment solutions that address a range of issues affecting China’s overall growth prospects in the manufacturing sector.

“As China faces some of the most significant change and challenges seen in decades, ManpowerGroup’s own 17-year legacy in the country is quickly evolving into a nationwide provider of a full suite of innovative workforce solutions — from executive search and recruitment process outsourcing, to large volume recruitment and temporary staffing.”

ManpowerGroup has also become the talent recruitment and development leader along China’s manufacturing frontier, West of its traditional manufacturing hubs along the coast.

ManpowerGroup also recently secured access to millions of workers in Central China by acquiring Xi’an Fesco and by partnering with the City of Kaifeng in Henan Province.It was also recently awarded a partnership with China’s Ministry of Industry Information Technology (MIIT).