Shanghai has fulfilled its "10,000 returned overseas scholars converging program" and "plan to lure 1,000 special talents from Hong Kong" ahead of time. By the end of November this year, Shanghai has attracted 10,203 returned overseas scholars and more than 1,000 special talents from Hong Kong for the past two years, and among them, more than 30 per cent have entered into state-owned units, hitting all-time highs in history, reports the overseas edition of People's Daily on December 16.

Among the talents, 22.8 per cent have academic degrees of doctors, 69.8 percent masters, 4.9 percent bachelors and 2.5 percent the rest, according to the Shanghai Personnel Bureau. In terms of the talents distribution, 34.9 percent work in state-owned units while 65.1 percent in non-government units, including 26.6 percent in private-run units. Of the talents from Hong Kong, 7.9 percent entered state-owned units while 92.1 percent non-government units, including 26.2 per cent working in private-run units.

Overseas returned overseas scholars who have come to work and start businesses in Shanghai generally are young with high skills and rich overseas work experiences. They have mainly come from countries, including Britain, the United States, Japan, Australia and Canada, with their ages ranging from 26 to 40 (accounting for 70.7 per cent). Male makes up nearly 70 per cent of the total. Nearly half of them have entered into enterprises and the remaining into institutions of higher learning, scientific research institutes, financial institutions and various organs at municipality and county levels.

Another major measure to build a new highland for overseas talents is that Shanghai has set a goal to introduce 100 top overseas Chinese musicians annually for holding world-class concerts in Shanghai. This year it will make an arrangement for "New Year Concert Held by Overseas Chinese Musicians". By now, 99 renowned overseas Chinese chief musicians, including Lu Jia, Yo-yo Ma and Li Chuanyun, have confirmed to attend the concert.

By People's Daily Online