Beijing Has Strong Appeal to Returned StudentsMore than 20,000 returned students have started trial undertakings in Beijing after completing their studies abroad, making this capital city the country's largest concentration for returned students.According to official statistics, about 70,000 students from Beijing have gone overseas to study in the past two decades, one third whom have turned to work in Beijing. The Zhongguancun Science and Technology Park, known as the silicon valley in China, played host to 760 returned students seeking consultancy so far this year. Some 180 have gone through all the necessary formalities and are making preparations for their new undertakings. Over 60 percent of them are doctoral degree holders. This was the result of a series of preferential policies offered to them including those on settlement and operation funds. To create a better environment for returned students, the Beijing municipal government has opened a number of high-tech development parks in various parts of Beijing and set up special service centers to satisfy their different demands. According to a recent survey, 80 percent of the 300,000 Chinese students now studying overseas are willing to go back, with sixty percent of them choosing Beijing as the first desired place for developing their undertakings. |
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