Returning talents top picks for employers in China, says new study

Demand from Chinese companies for skilled and highly educated overseas returnees has intensified as China continues to deepen its reform and opening-up, a new study said.

China's overseas returnees, or those educated or with work experience overseas, are more likely to get a higher income versus their counterparts in other Asian countries and regions, international recruitment firm Hays said in its latest report. The report said 61 percent of surveyed Chinese companies are willing to offer overseas returnees a premium salary.

Simon Lance, managing director of Hays in China, said the survey findings are a broad reflection of the current trends from the country's social and economic transformation.