China greatly loosens visa restrictions for STEM degree holders

[thewayne]

GREATLY loosens! Even people with just Bachelor degrees are potentially eligible - and freshly-minted ones at that! If the degree is in robotics, AI, or new materials - and even if you don't have a job-offer from a Chinese company - you might be able to waltz into China and start marketing yourself.

This includes teachers in these subjects.

The Nature article is partially paywalled.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03657-6

https://slashdot.org/story/25/11/11/1857233/chinas-new-scientist-visa-is-a-serious-bid-for-the-worlds-top-talent

Comments

[white_aster]

Not surprised at all. They want to pick up what America's putting down as we bleed from this self-inflicted wound we've got here. Make it easier to attract all the top talent that America used to attract.

[thewayne]

So many other countries are doing it, they're just sweetening the pot.

[ndrosen]

You said it.