Reverse Migration in Contemporary China

Dr. Huiyao Wang is the Founder and President at the Center for China and Globalization (CCG) in Beijing, China. He has published nearly 50 books and over 100 articles on Chinese returnees, global talent and globalization issues. Dr. Wang is a counsellor of China State Council and he also sits on the Migration Advisory Board of International Organization of Migration (IOM). He was a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and a visiting fellow at Brookings Institution. His main research interests include Chinese migration and diaspora, global talent as well as Chinese companies going global.Yue Bao is a researcher at Roskilde University, Denmark. She holds an MSc in Economics from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and MA in Aesthetics from Zhejiang University, China. She has also worked with Xinhua news agency as an overseas correspondent.

• 1. Introduction: Chinese Returnees in Context 2. Theoretical Framework and Research Methodology 3. Survey on Contemporary Chinese Returnees 4. Survey on Chinese Returnee Entrepreneurship 5. Attitudinal and Behavioral Traits of Contemporary Chinese Returnees 6. Returnee as Change Agents in Education, Science, Culture, and Healthcare 7. Returning Chinese Promoting the Development of China's New Economy 8. Conclusions and Implications