Chapter 324 Shaken Foundation(1/2)
Chapter 324 The foundation is shaken
Author: September Sauce
Chapter 324 The foundation is shaken
The decision made by Liu Hai is actually just a microcosm of the macro situation. He may not be able to feel it, but on the other side of the sea, in the Immigration Bureau, some experts who are constantly watching the talent flow data have already discovered it.
the seriousness of the problem.
In the office, Libit, the person in charge of the talent introduction plan, mechanically signed the latest report, while several experts opposite him had solemn expressions on their faces.
In front of the big screen, the assistant was explaining the latest data to everyone. However, even without looking at it, everyone here knew from their daily work that the situation was not optimistic.
"In the past 60 months, the number of immigrants to China's science and technology workers has dropped by 42.7% month-on-month. Among them, the proportion of immigrants on the key concern list is only 1.2%, which is far lower than the average level of 6.9% in past cycles."
"At the same time, all the target people we decided to introduce were immigrants. The mission was not only a failure, it could even be said to be a huge defeat."
"Relatively speaking, the immigration of our scientific and technological personnel to China has broken the long-term low level. Since 2006, a total of 29 scientific and technological researchers have left us and joined China."
"In addition, we are currently facing even worse future expectations."
"According to the information we have received, Isaac, a well-known scholar in the field of high-pressure physics, has decided to immigrate to China - he is in China now and is not expected to return in the short term."
"So, in summary, what we are facing now is that we have failed to recruit key talents from China. On the contrary, they have begun to attract talents from our side and actively embrace them."
"It's a very terrible thing to be shaken to our very foundation."
After hearing the assistant's words, everyone in the conference room fell silent.
"The foundation is shaken."
Yes, the reason why this country has become strong is actually not only making huge war profits, plundering the indigenous people, and manipulating the international financial market, there is also an extremely important reason, and that is the plundering of advanced talents from various countries.
From the Fulbright Program, to Operation Paperclip, to the Scientific Advisors and Technology Missions Program, they have never stopped plundering talent.
And indeed, these plans have brought them huge returns.
For decades, they have been able to maintain a relatively high growth rate and an absolutely dominant technological level, which are the dividends brought by these plans.
Talent strategy is their national foundation.
But now it seems that this foundation does seem to be shaken.
After all, in the decades after World War II, they have never seen a cycle in which the flow of high-end talents was negative.
The cycle from 2003 to 2008 was the first time in history.
Libitt, who was behind the desk, finally finished signing all the names. He slowly raised his head and glanced at everyone in the office, and then asked:
"What's the reason? For such a big problem, there must be a reason, right?"
The assistant's expression was a little awkward for a moment, and he thought to himself:
What is the reason? Do you really have no idea?
However, he could not say this directly to Libit.
After sorting out his words, he answered:
"There are several reasons."
"First of all, our sustained economic recession in recent years has caused some high-end talents to doubt our development prospects."
"You also know that in the past few years, China can be said to be the only isolated island in the entire world economy. When all countries are facing recession, they are constantly moving forward, and even took this opportunity to occupy many countries that originally belonged to
Our market.”
"Their situation is very good. Whether it is wages, social and economic environment, or the level of civil economic development, there has been a significant improvement."
"Purely from the perspective of 'economic life', their attraction to talents is constantly improving."
"I think if any of us are willing to go to China and have a look, we will easily find that the cities there are no longer the 'backward', 'shabby' and 'inconvenient' we used to think."
"Shanghai is not much different from New York, and Shenzhen is not much different from Los Angeles. This has laid the foundation for their talent introduction."
Hearing this, Libit nodded solemnly.
He is not a short-sighted or arrogant leader. Although he cannot say that he understands the situation in China 100%, he is not like some Indian scholars who foolishly look at it with prejudices from decades ago.
China is developing and their civilization is improving. This is an undoubted fact.
But relying on this alone, can they take away so many talents?
Obviously impossible.
So, he continued to ask:
"What else?"
The assistant paused and continued to answer:
"If economic development lays the foundation for talent introduction, then for now, their core attraction is actually the technological level that has developed rapidly in recent years."
"Whether in the military or civilian fields, their development in recent years has been nothing short of miraculous."
"For scientific researchers, they often like stories about 'miracles' the most."
"It's as if, as long as they go to the soil where miracles were born, they can create miracles themselves."
"-Of course, this is not just a superstition."
"If a place can frequently experience advanced technological breakthroughs, it means that place must have some kind of special resources, or special power."
"The reason why we were able to attract many scientific researchers back then was actually for the same reason."
"The Isaac we just mentioned is the most typical example."
Libit nodded silently. In fact, he had heard about Isaac.
This person has high academic attainments. Although he is not a leader in high-pressure physics, he is more active in thinking. Many of the new methods and ideas he proposed have been recognized and praised by the academic community.
Such a person is actually leaving. It must be said that this is definitely a huge loss.
"Can we stop him?"
Libit asked subconsciously.
"I'm afraid this is not good."
"Unless we impose exit restrictions and asset freezes on him, the problem is that his importance does not reach this level."
"If such 'ultimate means' are used at will, it will have major negative effects on the future of the talent introduction project."
".I understand. You can continue."
"Do you still need to continue?"
The assistant asked a question, and then said:
"In fact, by clarifying these two reasons, we have basically clarified our future response strategies. As for the other ones, they either have little impact or we are unable to intervene."
"For example, in the military, we have faced successive setbacks, which has severely damaged the confidence of upper-level scholars."
"But what can we do? We can't bring guns and go to war."
"So, our work must still focus on the first two things."
Libit nodded helplessly, and then said with some self-deprecation:
"Actually, even for the first two things, there isn't much we can do."
"Everyone, what do you think?"
Everyone exchanged glances with each other and shook their heads in unison.
Yes, any ideas?
After all, the Immigration Bureau is just a front-end administrative department, but what needs to be solved is the lowest-level problems.
This is an irreconcilable contradiction and paradox.
Probably, the only thing they can do is to implement some restrictive measures or add some preferential conditions, as Libit said.
Looking at the silent crowd, Libit frowned.
After a long time, he finally said:
"No matter what, we must find ways to reverse our disadvantage in talent mobility."
"Restrictions are necessary - but at the same time, we have to establish our own appeal."
"I think excess returns are a sound strategy."
"Although it doesn't sound like a fantastic idea, money is the most realistic thing, and no one can resist its temptation."
After hearing Libit's words, everyone present nodded.
As a result, the latest talent introduction strategy of the Immigration Bureau was decided like this.
It doesn't have any fancy content, and the core is just one sentence: Give money, give a lot of money.
After the high-profile announcement of the policy, the whole world was shocked.
Because this policy can be regarded as the most ambitious policy in recent decades.
To be continued...