Brain Circulation

Officials and scholars from China and the United States discussed collaborating on higher education during the 15th Edgar Snow Symposium held at Peking University in October, stressing that educational cooperation should be a two-way street.
Excerpts of their speeches follow:
Yang Meng, Deputy Secretary General of the China Education Association for International Exchange: The Outline of China's National Plan for Medium- and Long-term Education Reform and Development (2010-20) requires us to expand international exchanges and cooperation in the field of education. In the early 1980s, many Chinese students went abroad to study and didn't come back after graduation, bringing a so-called "brain drain" to the country. However, at the beginning of the 21st century, there were more job opportunities in fast-developing China, and more Chinese students overseas are willing to return to China, in what is now coined the "brain gain." Today, not only are Chinese students going abroad to study, but also more foreign students are coming to China to learn the Chinese language and culture, promoting "brain circulation." More...