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Science 21 January 2000:
Vol. 287. no. 5452, pp. 417 - 418
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5452.417
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HUMAN RESOURCES:
New Incentives Lure Chinese Talent Back Home

Dennis Normile

BEIJING--China offers several new incentive programs that provide premium salaries, generous research budgets, and other perquisites to try to bring back--or retain--top-level Chinese researchers. These programs are just one part of a broader strategy of improving conditions for Chinese scientists and reversing the tidal wave of scientific talent that has flowed out of the country in the past 2 decades. The strategy appears to be working. Last year 564 researchers returned to the Chinese Academy of Sciences from overseas while only 432 CAS scientists left for foreign positions--the first-ever positive flow since opportunities for Western training opened up.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)