Challenge of talents

The abundance of talented people in all walks of life is an absolute prerequisite for a nation to rise. That important scientific inventions and discoveries over the past two centuries have boosted economic and social development both show how important it is for China, as a nation on the rise, to attach more importance to the cultivation of innovative brains.

The central government is expected to soon announce a set of guidelines for the cultivation of talented people over the next two decades. Since the dearth of scientists who could make breakthroughs has stunted China's growth in hi-tech areas, the need to cultivate talents at home and employ those returning from abroad suitably has never been more pressing.

Chinese make up only 2.26 percent of the top-level scientists in the world's 158 premier and the more than 1,500 secondary scientific organizations.