Economy

China to attract more overseas talents

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-04-02 10:04

BEIJING - China will make more efforts to attract specialized talents from both home and abroad and bring these new talents into full play, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said.

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Li Yuanchao, head of the Organizational Department of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks on Thursday during a visit to Zhongguancun, a technological development base in Beijing which is dubbed as "China's Silicon Valley".

Li said efforts should be made to build Zhongguancun into a base for attracting talents and encouraging technological innovation.

Li said that the area's world-renowned science parks should explore new means and strategies to attract talents from overseas.