Beijing vows to attract more foreign talents | China.Org

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A foreign woman requests an application at a service desk in the Zhongguancun Service Hall on March 1. [Xinhua] |
A new policy to facilitate foreigners entering and staying in
China's capital, especially in its high-tech center of
Zhongguancun, took effect on March 1.
The policy announced by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS)
on January 12 consists of 20 new measures, aiming to ease
procedures for high-end foreign professionals, oversea Chinese,
foreign students and foreign staff who work for entrepreneurial
startups in the city.
A service hall set up by the MPS in Zhongguancun was put into
service on Tuesday to accept and approve foreigners'
applications.
According to the policy, overseas Chinese with a doctoral
degree received in other countries will be given permanent
residency, no matter how long they stay in the capital. Foreigners
who work for companies or startup businesses in Zhongguancun will
be given a five-year residence permit. Foreign students at
higher-education institutions in Beijing will be allowed to have
part-time jobs and start their own businesses in
Zhongguancun.
The policy marks the nation's second pilot program, after the
Shanghai Technology Innovation Center was granted 12 favorable
policies in July. The move is intended to attract more high-level
foreign talents to Beijing, especially to Zhongguancun which is
considered "China's Silicon Valley," and provide continuous
endogenous power for the country's scientific and technological
innovation.
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Wang Huiyao, director of the Center for China &
Globalization (CCG), answers questions about the new policy at a
seminar on March 1. [Photo by Lin
Liyao/China.org.cn] |
Wang Huiyao, director of the Center for China &
Globalization (CCG), said, "The policy is a breakthrough and an
active signal to the whole world that China will hold fast to its
policies of reform and opening up."
As a leading Chinese global think tank, the CCG is the only
private research institute participating in making the new
policy.
"The Law on Chinese-Foreign Equity Joint Ventures approved in
1979 has promoted China's reform and opening-up and attracted
numerous foreign investments," Wang said. "The pilot policy for
foreign talent to enter and exit Beijing, and acquire permanent
residence will woo more foreign high-end talents to the capital and
speed up the country's innovation and development. Both of them
hold great significance."
"In future, Beijing's policy is expected to be duplicated in
other Chinese cities and regions, such as Qingdao, Chengdu and
Ningbo, which have high-tech zones or free trade areas," said
Wang.
From China.org.cn,
March 2, 2016