In 2002, in the column of People's Daily summarizing "five years' achievements"100 words ",the word returnees was fully explained. The People's Daily defines returnees in this way: returnees refer to local talents who study and work in China, and refer to returned overseas students who have studied and worked abroad. The word returnees has increasingly become a hot word in China's political and economic life.
The appearance of the word "returnees" can be traced back to the late 1990s, and the overseas students in China set off a new wave of returning home. The main reason can be attributed to China's outstanding economy, which has maintained a growth rate of 7% for several years. Especially in the context of China's accession to the WTO and its successful bid for the 2008 Olympic Games, people are generally optimistic about the economic situation of China in the next few years. Moreover, China's political stability, gradual improvement of the legal system and further improvement of the investment environment, coupled with the market with a population of 654.38+0.3 billion, are extremely attractive to the whole world. International enterprises, represented by multinational companies, have entered the China market one after another. China students who have advanced western technology, venture capital, advanced western business concepts, rich experience in communication between China and the West and interpersonal resources naturally become pioneers.
"Returnees" not only brought advanced management and technology, but also brought markets and ideas. They are playing an increasingly important role in the modernization process of China. The People's Daily even asserted: "The vast majority of returnees are elites of the Chinese nation." China once held a seminar on the mission and development opportunities of studying abroad in the new era. At the seminar, experts and scholars agreed that the study abroad movement in China has been magnificent and spectacular for more than a century. Overseas students have brought a more rational and open mind to China, which has become an important force to promote China's progress and accelerated China's integration into international civilization.
When the Chinese began to compare "returnees" to "returnees" in image language, it even heralded the arrival of a new era. China carried out reform and opening up, and after a whole generation accumulated knowledge and wealth with wisdom and perseverance, China finally gained gratifying results in the collective return of returnees.
The return of overseas people is not unique to China. It can be said that only in this way can all developing societies completely transform themselves and achieve their own leap. In the global tide of studying abroad with modern European and American advanced societies as the destination, there is outflow and return. What flows out is the blank of talents, and what returns is the formed professionals. Although the cost loss is inevitable, the comparison of social gains and losses is clear at a glance.
"Returnees" has become a fashionable topic in China. As a social aggregate of successful people, "returnees" have fully landed and penetrated into all levels of social life. They may start their own businesses and lead the trend of the times; Or stay in the top management positions of well-known foreign enterprises and enjoy the "golden collar" fame and fortune; Or enter a government agency and become the goal of a new generation of leading collective. In a society where the market fully dominates the global integration of society and economy, the "returnees" with a broader international vision and richer life experience have undoubtedly gained the advantages of facing the times and the future. In a sense, this is also their life reward for fighting overseas for more than ten years.