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Returned Chinese Students Play Big Role in Shanghai
Chinese students who have returned from studying in other countries are playing an increasingly active role in boosting high-technology and economic development in Shanghai.
The 24,000 strong group of returned students, with an average age of 35, studied in the United States, Japan, Britain, France, Canada and several other countries. Most of them majored in such areas as information technology, bio-pharmaceuticals, international finance, and new high-tech materials, which are all development priorities in Shanghai.
Official figures indicate that returned students have taken all seven chief scientists seats in Shanghai and made up more than half of the number of academicians from Shanghai at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Chen Zhu, who received a PH. D. in France, is now director of the Shanghai Human Gene Research Center, which is at the forefront of human gene research in the world.
Returned students have also established more than 1,100 businesses, with a combined investment of US$200 million. Most of the businesses are engaged in new and high-technology industries.
Shanghai has formulated a series of preferential policies to help create a favorable environment for returned students to start up businesses. It has also set up six industrial zones and a start-up incubation center for returned students over the past decade.
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