Chengdu moves to attract more foreign talent

Chengdu needs to further stimulate scientific research and innovation, make foreigners’ lives a lot easier and tackle environmental pollution, foreign experts said, as the city vows to attract more foreign talent to help it become more open, innovative and sustainable.

A group of seven experts in education, pharmacy, chemistry, education and engineering from countries including the UK, Switzerland, Thailand and Ukraine participated in a symposium on Thursday to share their experiences and advice on the overall development and foreign talent attraction to the capital city of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province.

The Foreign Experts Symposium was jointly organized by the Foreign Talent Research Center of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology.

Chengdu should further stimulate the innovative vitality of enterprises, colleges and institutes by creating research centers involving international collaboration, promoting international business-to-business cooperation and further adapting international standards, said Jean-Marc Bovet, a Swiss and CTO of CF PharmTech, a pharmaceutical company in

East China’s Jiangsu Province.

Ding Xiaobin, director general of the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology, said that Chengdu is eagerly seeking foreign talent in finance, biology, AI, energy and environmental protection.

He said that the Chengdu government will subsidize international projects, conferences and foreign start-ups, and the city has established 35 international communities and optimized medical treatment for foreigners .