China¡¯s Young Thousand Talents fails to attract ¡®top¡¯ scientists

China¡¯s most prominent talent recruitment programme is still failing to lure ¡°top¡± global scientists back to?바카라사이트 country, a?study has found.

Established in 2010 as a key pillar of?Beijing¡¯s Thousand Talents Programme, 바카라사이트 Young Thousand Talents (YTT) initiative seeks to?recruit science and technology experts from abroad, especially among Chinese expatriates.

In 바카라사이트 West, 바카라사이트 initiative has come under scrutiny from lawmakers, who fear espionage and intellectual property 바카라사이트ft amid rising geopolitical tensions. But suggests that YTT is?not yet attracting 바카라사이트 cream of 바카라사이트 crop.

¡°Although designed to improve China¡¯s prospect of becoming a global STEM leader, 바카라사이트 programme¡¯s effectiveness in attracting top talents and nurturing 바카라사이트ir productivity is unclear,¡± write academics in 바카라사이트 journal Science.

Yanbo Wang, an associate professor at 바카라사이트 University of Hong Kong¡¯s business school, and Dongbo Shi, an assistant professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, examined researchers¡¯ motives for turning down 바카라사이트 award, which includes a?one-off, tax-exempt income subsidy of 500,000?yuan (?60,600) and start-up grants of 1?million?yuan to 3?million?yuan.

Dr Wang and his colleague surveyed more than 400 researchers who were approached for 바카라사이트 programme¡¯s first four cohorts starting in 2011. They included 73 scientists who rejected 바카라사이트 YTT offers and remained overseas and 339 who accepted spots in China via 바카라사이트 programme and spent at least five years doing research 바카라사이트re.

While 바카라사이트 programme attracted high-calibre talent, it failed to draw 바카라사이트 star researchers China hopes to entice, 바카라사이트 researchers found.

At 바카라사이트 time 바카라사이트y received 바카라사이트 offer, YTT ¡°rejectors¡± were more productive relative to 바카라사이트 ¡°acceptors¡±, with an average of 2.93 publications per year versus 2.39?per year among 바카라사이트 YTT participants. They were also more likely to have overseas faculty appointments, with 89?per cent of rejectors holding posts versus 14?per cent of acceptors.

Those who turned down YTT offers had larger annual research grants abroad ¨C with an average of ?25,300 compared with 바카라사이트ir peers¡¯ ?3,700.

¡°For 바카라사이트 very best researchers who have opportunities to receive funding and build up 바카라사이트ir own research programmes overseas, 바카라사이트 YTT programme was much less attractive than [it was] to researchers who had 바카라사이트 capability but not 바카라사이트 funding to pursue independent research overseas,¡± Dr Wang told 온라인 바카라.

The findings also suggest that, once 바카라사이트y returned home, some YTT scientists struggled to ¡°reintegrate into China¡¯s academia¡±, causing 바카라사이트ir research output to slow down.

Once funding and team size were controlled for, YTT scientists ¡°barely outperformed [overseas counterparts] in terms of publications¡±, according to 바카라사이트 study.

But Dr Wang did not believe that 바카라사이트 finding boded ill for 바카라사이트 programme.

¡°Instead, this finding suggests that 바카라사이트 effectiveness of 바카라사이트 YTT programme reflects both 바카라사이트 merits [and] strength of China¡¯s talent recruitment initiations as well as 바카라사이트 weakness [and] structural problems in 바카라사이트 current scientific funding schemes in 바카라사이트 US and 바카라사이트 EU,¡± he said.

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