University Professors Chosen for the ''Thousand Talents Program''
Prof. Pan Jianwei, Zhao Zhengguo, Luo Yi, Zhang Zhenyu and Lu Yalin from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) were chosen for the "Thousand Talents Program 2008," according to a notice released by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Technology on April 30, 2009.
Altogether 56 people from China's higher education institutes were included in the program for the year 2008, and the USTC tops them in the number of staff selected.
The "Thousand Talents Program" is a project launched by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee in early January 2009. It aimed to attract more overseas high-level talents to work in the mainland. With the project, China expects to break technological bottle-necks and enhance its research and development capabilities and the level of scientific and technological development as soon as possible. The project plans to attract around 2,000 talented overseas Chinese over the next five to ten years to return to China.
For more information of the chosen professors, please visit their homepages:
Pan JianWei
http://www.physi.uni-heidelberg.de/Mitarbeiter/madetails.php?id=258
Zhao Zhengguo
http://www.ihep.ac.cn/english/100talents/zhao%20zhengguo.htm
Luo Yi
http://www.theochem.kth.se/~luo/
Zhang Zhenyu
http://www.phys.utk.edu/news/2006/news_02222006_zhang.html
Lu Yanlin
http://eas.uccs.edu/lu/
