Brighter prospects lure Chinese abroad back to mainland

SAN FRANCISCO - A recruiter's booth outside the ballroom of a gathering of Chinese American engineers in Silicon Valley turned out to be very popular.

Within an hour, the recruiter, Angela Gao, had received many inquiries from those engineers attending the conference in February.

"There has been a rising interest from Chinese engineers working in the United States in returning to China," said Gao. "Most of them cite 'better career opportunities' and 'more room for development' as the main reasons," she said.