Expat Recruitment Plan Aids Beijing’s Strategy of Stealing US Technology

The Chinese regime’s “Thousand Talents Program” has raised national security concerns in the United States regarding its role in the theft of intellectual property and other technology-related secrets.

Chinese lab technicians at a lab for studying tropical diseases in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China, on June 21, 2016. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

The Chinese regime’s expat recruitment plan has raised national security concerns in the United States due to its role in the theft of U.S. intellectual property and other technology-related secrets.

The Thousand Talents Plan focuses on bringing Chinese students and researchers working abroad back to China. It has recruited at least 6,000 people since 2008.