Official Calls for Sound Environment for Returned Students

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Saturday, December 29, 2001

Official Calls for Sound Environment for Returned Students

Vice-Premier Li Lanqing said Friday that a sound environment should be created for students studying abroad to enable them to serve the motherland and contribute their wisdom to the nation's development.

Along with China's entry into the World Trade Organization, the country needs more talented people, he said, adding that greater efforts must be made to attract highly skilled personnel from abroad.

Vice-Premier Li Lanqing said Friday that a sound environment should be created for students studying abroad to enable them to serve the motherland and contribute their wisdom to the nation's development.

Li made the remark at a week-long program to encourage these students to launch science and technology projects in China.

Along with China's entry into the World Trade Organization, the country needs more talented people, he said, adding that greater efforts must be made to attract highly skilled personnel from abroad.

He reiterated the government's policy to encourage students to study abroad and then, if they choose, to return home to work.

More than 360 students have come back from overseas to participate in the program, which was simultaneously carried out in 20 science parks across the country in the past five days.

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