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CCG hosted the 2011 China Global Talents Conference

The 2011 China Global Talents Conference was successfully held on 19th December, 2011 in Guangzhou, China. Hundreds of experts, scholars and overseas returnees from more than ten countries and regions have submitted around 40 academic articles to the conference committee. This conference aims to promote the exchanges among global talents and discuss the topic of global talent and the development of overseas high-level talents in China as well as corresponding human resource policies.
 

CCG hosted the 2011 China Global Talents Conference on 19th Dec, 2011 in Guangzhou

Sponsored by Guangzhou Convention of Overseas Chinese Scholar in Science and Technology, this conference is co-organized by Overseas Experts Advisory Committee of State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of, Returned Overseas Students and Experts Service Center of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the P.R.C., Center on China Transnational Relations Research of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship of Guanghua Management School of Peking University and Overseas Chinese Research Institute of Zhongshan University.
 

The Conference Opening was hosted by Dr. Huiyao Wang, Director General of Center for China and Globalization and Vice Chair of China Western Returned Scholars Association. Director of Committee Office of Guangzhou Convention of Overseas Chinese Scholars in Science and Technology Mr. Decun Zhan, Talent Division Deputy Director of Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee Mr. Dong Zhang, Director of Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of State Council Mme. Jianqing Zhang and Director of Overseas Returned Scholars Service Center of Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Mr. Wenfeng Xia provided opening remarks. Mr. Zhan commented the importance of this conference to introducing high-level talents and governments need the recommendations to improve talents affairs. Mr. Dong Zhang said China has been actively undertaking opportunities and challenges resulting from talents globalization, and observed numerous excellent talents. Influenced by the Thousands Talents Program, China has already introduced about 1,600 talents and obtained such human talents success. Mme. Zhang from the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of State Council approved the great meanings of this conference and wishes to enhance the understanding about talents development strategies and policies through this conference. Mr. Xia highly praised that this conference gathers world top scholars and overseas talents and can help exchanges and cooperation among world scholars.
 

Dr. Huiyao Wang stressed that global talent movement and development has become a new trend and a new research topic. According to the United Nations, there are over 200 million people who are not working in the countries they were born. China has given a great attention to the development of global talents. In year 2010, Chinese government set up the National Medium- and Long-term Talent Development Plan to ensure the blueprint of talent development strategies. Since the 'Thousands Talents Program' issued by the central government in 2008, the central and local governments have continuously approved new policies to attract talented persons, which have promoted and facilitated talents returning to homeland. In addition, a series of new innovative policies focus on global talents issued this year, such as 'Youth Thousands Talents Program' and 'Foreign Experts Thousands Talents Program', have also brought attention from all over the world .

This conference discusses issues relating to talent development in globalization era; the global talent movement, development and trends; China's global talent and returnee entrepreneurs development in China; migration policy and the experience of other countries in attracting and retaining the talents; and new culture, new talent and their roles on innovation and globalization for China and so on through Keynote Speech and Panel Discussions. Participative scholars include Dr. David Zweig (Director of CEERP, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Mr. John Benson (Managing Director of Dice International, Dice Holdings, Inc), Dr. Douglas Allen (Director of IMBA Program and Associate Professor Management of Daniels College of Business, University of Denver), Dr. Tony Fang (Professor of York University and Senior Fellow of Toronto University), Dr. Shibao Guo (Associate Professor of University of Calgary), Dr. Wei Shen (Associate Dean for China, ESSCA School of Management), Dr. Louis Brennan (Professor of Trinity College Dublin), Dr. Jiangyong Lu (Associate Professor of Guanghua School of Management, Peking University), Dr. Shahamak Rezaei (Associate Professor of Roskilde University), Dr. Haiping Yan (University Professor of Cross-cultural Studies, Director, Institute for Media Culture and Social Studies, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Director, Cornell Institute for Chinese Studies, Cornell University), Dr. Lai-ling Lam (Professor of Business Administration of Malone University), Dr. Jinsheng Yi (Vice President of CG Group, Inc), Dr. Yuping Du, Associate Professor, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Dr. Hai Yang (Associate Professor, Economics School of Central China Normal University), Dr. Victor P. Lau (Assistant Professor of Hang Seng Management College), Dr. William Wei (Professor of Grant MacEwan University), Dr. Hongxia Shan (Postdoctoral Fellow and Adjunct Professor of University of Calgary), Dr. Yueya Ding (Deputy Director of International Education Research Department, National Academy of Educational Administration), Dr. Yipeng Liu (Lecture of University of Mannheim), Dr. Fangmeng Tian (Assistant Professor of Beijing Normal University), Dr. Menghua Zeng (Former Chief Representative of Association of Canadian Community Colleges-China Office), Dr. Chen Liu (Director of the Centre for Intercultural Studies of Beijing Foreign Studies University, Executive Director of China Association for Intercultural Communication Studies), Dr. Fei Wu, (Professor of Guangzhou Jinan University School of Communication and Journalism).
 

The last section of this conference is Round Table Group Discussion. Politician leaders, Chinese and Foreign experts and scholars, overseas high-level talents, successful returned entrepreneurs and representatives from high-tech business incubators attended this section and made recommendations. Participants including Dr. Jingzhou Tao (Partner of Dechert LLP, Beijing Office), Dr. Charles Z. Liu (General Manager of China Business, Research In Motion Limited (BlackBerry)), Dr. Zhiyun Tu (Chairman and CEO of 51Credit.com), Mr. Zhijian Li (Chairman and CEO of BizDao Consulting Co., Ltd), Dr. Shanyu Cao (Associate Professor of Overseas Chinese Research Institute, Zhongshan University), Mr. Jianying Wu (Deputy Director of Specialists Management Division, Deputy Director of Special Office for Attracting Oversea Talents, Ministry of Human Resource and Social Security), Mr. Jianfei Zhang (Director of Department of Returning Experts and Students, Division of Specialists Management, Ministry of Human Resource and Social Security), Mr. Jun Liu (Deputy Director-General of Organization Dep. of CPC Nanjing Municipal Committee, Director-General of Nanjing Talents Affairs Office), Mr. Weipeng Wu (Deputy Director General of Suzhou Technology Bureau, Deputy Director General of Personnel Office of Suzhou Municipality), Mr. Yongjie Xie (Director General of Wuxi 530 Entrepreneur Service Center), Mr. Dongdong Gu (Secretary-General of Overseas Returnees Center, Human Resource Association of Zhejiang Province), Mme. Wei Huang, Vice Chief of Human Talent Bureau, Dongguan Municipal Government), Dr. Jiayi Liang (Director of Overseas Students Pioneer Park of Dongguan Songshan Lake), Mme. Xiaowan Zhang (Chief of Heifei Municipal Foreign Experts Bureau), Dr. Na Liu (Office Head of High-level Talent, Human Resource Department, Tianjin University) and etc.

This is the first conference in China focusing on global talent research and discussion and also on Chinese overseas high-level talents. This conference can facilitate the communication and cooperation between scholars and experts between different countries and further promote global talent exchange between China and other countries as well as corresponding policy of talent development in China.