A total of 409,100returned taking that total of returned Chinese students to over 2.21 million so far, Tang Tao, vice minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said.
China at present has 321 industrial parks where returned overseas students can start their own businesses, housing 24,000 enterprises, Tang said.
The vice minister said China will improve measures to persuade Chinese students to return home in 2016, including better public services and projects such as the "Thousand Talents" recruitment program for global experts launched in 2008.