Post by Strider Technologies

For decades, leaving the People’s Republic of China (PRC) for a career in the West was the benchmark of professional ambition. That is no longer a safe assumption.   The number of PRC graduates returning home has more than doubled since 2018. PRC companies are dispatching recruiters around the world and authorizing salaries competitive with local pay. And the 15th Five-Year Plan includes a strategy to build on that momentum—with state-backed recruitment programs targeting top scientists from the United States and Europe and a new high-tech talent immigration system designed to formalize the path home.   For industry, government, and academia on the other end of the competition, knowing who is competing for their talent and how starts with understanding the plan behind it.   Read the third post in Strider’s series on the PRC’s 15th Five-Year Plan. Link in comments.