Luring talent with more opportunities

Yan Ning, a Chinese structural biologist and a US National Academy of Sciences Foreign Associate, announced on Tuesday that she is resigning from Princeton University and returning to help build a medical academy in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.

The report delivered to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China stressed that China will implement the workforce development strategy and while increasing international personnel exchanges and making the best use of talents, it will further reform the systems and mechanisms for talent development and ensure the country values talent, nurtures them, attracts them and puts them to good use.

It has long been China's policy to support talents going abroad for studies and encourage them to return after their studies, while giving them the freedom to make their own decisions.

This shows an open and inclusive approach and in order to attract talent, it is necessary for China to enhance the attractiveness of domestic jobs and undertakings.

By broadening the space for domestic career development China has, over the past decade, attracted many overseas students to return and find jobs or start businesses.

According to Ministry of Education data, from 1978 to the end of 2022, 5.86 million Chinese students studied abroad, 4.32 million of them completed their studies, and 3.65 million, or 84.46 percent of those who completed their studies, returned to China for development.

China should provide more stages for talents to display their intelligence in their career development. Yan's return should be seen as a case of China attaching importance to the career development of talents and providing them with good career development opportunities.

- Beijing Youth Daily