Foreign media: India and China possess the world’s largest overseas diaspora populations, yet they have adopted different approaches toward leveraging them. Before India’s economic reforms in 1991, overseas talent migration was viewed as “brain drain.” Afterward, the country gradually repositioned its diaspora as a bridge connecting capital, technology, and international markets, establishing dedicated administrative mechanisms to manage this engagement.
China recognized earlier the developmental value of overseas education. Since 1978, it has systematically sent students abroad for study. Although the country experienced significant brain drain during the 1980s and 1990s, the trend reversed as China joined the WTO, welcomed multinational enterprises, and developed domestic technological industries, leading to a growing return of overseas talent.
Launched in 2008, a national talent recruitment initiative focused on attracting experts in fields such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biotechnology, and aerospace. Data indicate that the proportion of Chinese students returning home rose from 17.3% between 1978 and 2003 to 80% between 2013 and 2018, marking a shift from “brain drain” to “brain gain.”
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1877224507811840/
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