| Abstract: | Not long ago, a certain city held a conference on exchanges of "interna-tional talent" (persons with training in skills needed in international matters). I learned that about one-third of the 5,000 trained personnel invited to the conference were "returnees" from abroad. However, few of these returnees actually reached agreements with the employing units. Some of the returnees had explicitly stated their expectations of finding work that would provide them with annual salaries of about 300,000 yuan, but not a few employing units backed off when faced with such high standards. Other units were doubtful that such high-salaried returnees were worth the price, or decided to look around before taking any action, or even clearly stated that such pricey talent lay outside their main areas of consideration. In view of the difficulties that increasing numbers of returnees are encountering and that are cropping up in the course of bringing them in, we should take a deep look at the reasons for the difficulties and clear up some misconceptions. |
