Abstract:

In early years, many developing countries experienced the "brain drains", and now they are faced with the "brain returns". So dose China. Since 30 Years of Reform and Opening Up, great stride of China's economic–social development makes China changed from a brain loser into a brain gainer. A large number of return brains in China do make contribution to whole society. This paper will investigate on the reasons for China’s brain return, and find out the factors affecting brain migration include individual–specific factors, social–cultural factors and policy–institution factors. And the most important one is all kinds of economic impulse. Then the paper sets up model and operates empirical study to confirm that brain return has a bearing on economic growth, income increase, industry upgrade and so on.

Keywords: Brain Return Economic factors Cultural factor individual–specific factor Institutional factor