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As for Canada’s Strategy, it only takes two weeks for the
approval of innotech talent visas and the attached family
members. Researchers who participate in research projects
for a short period of time do not need a working visa.
However, these measures are relatively mild compared to
mainland China's bold strategy. In the past, many highly-
educated talents from the mainland went to work in
Europe, the U.S., Japan, and South Korea. Out of every
10 migrants in the OECD countries, over 10% came from
236 the mainland, the figure surged from 460,000 in 2009 to
530,000 in 2011.
China's Thousand Talents Plan
The brain drain problem was gradually relieved after
China’s State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs
launched the Thousand Talents Plan 10 years ago. The
official name of the programme is High-Level Overseas
Talents Introduction Programme, it was launched in
2008 with a 5-10 year plan to attract overseas talent to
the country’s key innovation projects, key laboratories,
financial institutions, and hi-tech industries.
