Reverse Migration in Contemporary China Returnees, Entrepreneurship and the Chinese Economy

The authors investigate the phenomenon of highly skilled Chinese returnees and their impact on the development of the Chinese economy and society, and on the transformation of China into a key player on the global stage. They analyse the reasons why Chinese entrepreneurs choose to return to their native country and how their overseas experience shapes their attitude and behaviours. This study is solidly grounded on fresh data from online and offline surveys and on evidence collected in over 200 interviews of successful returnees entrepreneurs. These global Chinese returnees have contributed to the rise of Chinese economy into a global powerhouse and this continuing brain movement and circulation will have much more future implications and impact for China's exchange with outside world.

Huiyao Wang is Director General at the Center for China and Globalization in Beijing, China. He has published more than 40 books and over 100 articles on Chinese global talent issues. Wang has worked as an advisor for several international organisations as well as for the Chinese government, which he advised on migration issues at both central and provincial levels. His main research interests include Chinese migration and returnees, global talent as well as the expansion of Chinese companies to trade globally.
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