Premier Wen
Jiabao on Wednesday called for relevant departments to further
improve the living and working conditions of overseas talents.
"We are instituting a regulation on improving the working and
living situation of overseas talents in China and its draft will be
discussed in the State Council later this year," Wen told a
gathering of about 30 overseas talents at the Great Hall of the
People in Beijing.
On behalf of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and
the State Council, China's cabinet, Wen extended Chinese
Lunar New Year greetings to foreign experts and their
families.?
"Introducing foreign talent is as important as attracting
investment and advanced technologies in our opening-up efforts,"
Wen said.
Wen thanked the experts for their devotion to the Chinese cause
of revolution and economic construction in the past. He said the
Chinese people will never forget their painstaking efforts and
contributions.
(Xinhua News Agency January 26, 2006)