Overseas Chinese urged to come home

The government will continue to promote policies aimed at enticing skilled overseas Chinese to return home to develop their careers and build an innovative country.

"It is the talent pool that empowers China to compete in the campaign of global innovation," Wan Gang, science and technology minister, said during the 5th Overseas Chinese Forum Worldwide yesterday in Beijing.

The government has always endeavored to cultivate the nation's technological talent base, and its human resources in regard to the technology fields are now among the best in the world, Wan said.