Reference Message Network reported on June 12 that according to a report on the website of the British "Nature" weekly on June 9, in the rural areas of ancient Lusu County, Sichuan Province located in central and western China, one-time rewards of 300,000 RMB and monthly subsidies of 1,000 RMB are being offered to attract doctoral graduates to settle locally. Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province will also provide settlement fees for university graduates who settle in this coastal city. Hunan Province will offer up to 1 million RMB in funds for doctoral students who move from overseas.
The report stated that various regions across China are seeking researchers, students, and innovators - whether domestically cultivated or from abroad. In return, these regions are promising large financial rewards as well as benefits such as housing, medical care, and job arrangements for spouses. Additionally, universities are offering generous salaries and government-provided research funding.
Professor Wang Yanbo, who studies scientific policy at the University of Hong Kong, said, "The competition for talent is extremely fierce between different regions across China and even within different areas of the same city."
Hiring researchers and high-skilled talents is at the core of China's efforts to promote socio-economic development and achieve self-reliance and strength in science and technology.
Wang Yanbo stated that there are multiple talent recruitment policies at the national, provincial, and municipal levels. These policies are divided into different tiers, ranging from highly competitive programs aimed at attracting top researchers and innovators to measures encouraging skilled workers to relocate to specific cities or regions.
He mentioned that some plans are mainly targeted at international researchers, but most plans are open to talent from anywhere - including within China - reflecting the changing dynamics domestically.
Wang Yanbo said that 20 years ago, overseas talent was considered the cream of the crop, "However, now China's domestic talent pool has become quite deep." He mentioned the success of DeepSeek, a technical startup primarily composed of graduates and doctoral students from China's top universities, which has released large language models that have amazed the world.
Yue Zhang, a scholar at the University of Technology Sydney focusing on China's innovation research, said that this "more extensive policy shift highlights China's increasing emphasis on indigenous innovation and technological autonomy."
Social media platforms across China are filled with job advertisements from all over the country.
However, Zhang stated that China still needs to make efforts to retain talent in the long term. She said, "Ultimately, the advantage of China's domestic research and innovation ecosystem will depend on whether it can create a truly open and supportive environment where top talent can stay and thrive."
(Translated by Cao Weiguo)
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