China's New Talent Policy: Implications and Impact for China's Development
March 2, 2011
3:30 pm
41 East 11th Street
room 741

China House, New York University

Speaker: Wang Huiyao

China has undergone enormous economic changes in the past 30 years and now faces important decisions as it considers how best to sustain this unprecedented level of growth. China's population is aging rapidly and the 225 million migrant workers who have fueled China's economic miracle for the past three decades are now demanding better payment for their work. Further complicating the situation are the growing numbers of college graduates entering the job market: according to the Chinese government, China will have 195 million college-educated people by 2020. In response to these and other policy challenges, the Chinese leadership recently launched a major national talent development plan intended to cultivate, attract and retain highly skilled individuals in many sectors of the Chinese economy. This new plan has far-reaching implications for China's efforts to build an innovation-driven economy by 2020 and offers valuable insights for the global academic, business and policy communities.

Dr. Wang currently is a Visiting Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and was a Visiting Fellow at Brookings Institution. He has been a senior advisor to the Chinese government at both central and local levels and has served as a Task Force Leader for Global Talents Strategy Study Group of Department of Organization of Central Government He is the Vice Chairman of China Talent Research Society of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and also an Economic Team Leader for Overseas Experts Advisory Committee of China State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office. Dr. Wang has researched extensively on China's talent issues and published several books and papers on the subject, including his recent book National Strategy--Talents Change World which has been recommended by Party Secretary Wang Yang to the provincial government officials to read in Guangdong.

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