CCP’s New 5-Year Plan Creates More Aggressive ‘Thousand Talents Plan’: Chinese Expert

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (bottom L) reads his work report, proposing "in-depth planning to promote 'Science and Technology Innovation 2030'"during the opening session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 5, 2021. Leo Ramirez / AFP via Getty Images

Making a greater effort to attract top experts from around the world was listed as a priority in China’s 14th Five-Year Plan, which was just passed in the regime’s recent Two Sessions meeting in Beijing on March 11.

When talking to Radio Free Asia, American-based Chinese economist Cheng Xiaonong said the new Five-Year Plan is an extension of China’s previous Thousand Talents Plan. The essence is the same; both plans intend to steal foreign intellectual property and advanced technology by poaching experts from overseas.