Country hosts tech training for BRI talent

Programs by Academy of Sciences help graduates serve home nations

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has trained nearly 5,000 high-level scientific and technology students from countries and regions involved the Belt and Road Initiative since 2013, including more than 1,500 doctoral and master's degree students.

More than 700 foreign scientists from BRI countries have come to China for their postdoctoral work or visiting research, said Bai Chunli, the academy's president, at a news conference in Beijing on Friday. They studied genetics, biodiversity, medicine, climate change, green engineering, new materials and other fields in which their expertise is highly valued, he said.