Thousand Talents Plan

Thousand Talents Plan
Logo of the Thousand Talents Plan
Simplified Chinese千人计划
Traditional Chinese千人計劃
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQiān rén jìhuà
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese海外高层次人才引进计划
Traditional Chinese海外高層次人才引進計劃
Literal meaningOverseas High-Level Talent Recruitment Programs
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHǎiwài gāo céngcì réncái yǐnjìn jìhuà

The Thousand Talents Plan or Thousand Talents Program (TTP), or Overseas High-Level Talent Recruitment Programs is a program by the government of the People's Republic of China to recruit experts in science and technology from abroad, principally but not exclusively from overseas Chinese communities. The original program was replaced by another program called Qiming, administered by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Law enforcement and counterintelligence agencies in the United States, Australia, Canada, and other countries have raised concerns about the program as a vector for intellectual property theft and espionage.