Expats asked to share their visions for a better China

Besides contributing to technological, economic and cultural exchanges, foreign experts in China are encouraged to participate in the central government's policy-making process by giving recommendations.

"China is now the second-largest economy in the world, but this cannot change the fact that we are still the largest developing country in the world with many challenges," said Zhang Jianguo, director of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs. "Learning from other countries' experience can help lower the risk of reform."

Taking advice from foreign experts is one of the most efficient ways, Zhang added.