China is attracting excellent overseas researchers and students by putting abundant budget into scientific research

In the past ten years, China has expanded its efforts to scientific research. Chinese researchers have published more research papers than American researchers and the ratings of Chinese universities are rising year by year. In this way, the fact that scientific research is rapidly activated in China is said to be because the Chinese government actively pours abundant budget into scientific research.

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Jay Siegel, a professor at the University of California, San Diego, graduated in 2003 at the University of Zurich. When it was decided to go to Europe, Mr. Siegel said from around "It is crazy to leave the US - why are you going to Europe, even though this is a paradise?" But ten years later, someone who had disagreed once said that "you were the most wise, the University of Zurich is a wonderful university," he said.

Siegel said, "When my friend moved to a Chinese university, people around me said," I think they are crazy. "But just as I moved to Zurich, It will come to think that the surrounding people surely was a clever choice. " Mr. Siegel himself also went to China in 2013 as a president of the University of Tianjin and took office as a dean of the Tianjin University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

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Mr. Siegel points out that in addition to being able to acquire a world-class degree as a benefit of studying pharmacy at Tianjin University, the Chinese government also provides a scholarship that will give all the tuition fee to the government. Mr. Siegel says that the heavy economic support by the Chinese government is to attract international scientists.

As an "innovative recruitment recruitment program", China announces a talent plan to attract the world's top researchers. This project aimed at people under the age of 55 who gave technical posts at universities and research institutions to full-time motivated researchers working in China, and can project into research under the abundant budget from the government . In addition, it guarantees the life of researchers and their families exactly, such as housing allowance, meal allowance, and support allowance.

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Jon Antilla who studies chemistry at Tianjin University has moved to Tianjin University from the University of South Florida and works full time. Antilla decided to transfer to Tianjin University, though the wife was Chinese, but the part fascinated by the research environment is also big. "The freedom to pursue science is greatly guaranteed at this university, grants are easy to get, and we can concentrate on it by research."

However, since researchers gather from various countries, communication is conducted basically in English at universities, and the language barrier is great for students who do not have English as their mother tongue. Also, access to the Internet is largely restricted in China, so it is very difficult to access certain websites. In China, there is no freedom of speech that is recognized in other countries.

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Greg Herczeg, astronomer at the Beijing Astronomy Research Institute, said: "I think that China is the best place to build a career, it is an interesting workplace where you can work with interesting students.The science has political interference There are things I have heard about political talks and rumors, but I have not had such experiences. "