List of 204 more top talents for the "Thousand Talents Program" has recently been released, increasing the headcount of China's high level "Talents Drawing" program to 326.
The second batch of scientists are from many developed countries, including the U.S.A., U.K., Japan, Germany, France, Canada, and etc. Among them, 77 will work in universities, 23 in research institutes, 36 in companies and 9 in financial institutions. Another 59 will set up their own business.
The "Thousand Talents Program" is a project launched by the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee in early January 2009. It aims to attract top international 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. The project plans to attract around 2,000 talented overseas Chinese over the next five to ten years to return to China.
According to the Organization Department, compared with the first group, the second batch covers more regional universities and research institutions, as well as regional or private high-tech enterprises such as Chery Automobile Co., Ltd. in China's Anhui province and Suntech Power Holdings, a solar energy enterprise in Wuxi of east China's Jiangsu province.
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