Why Best American Scientists Are Heading to China | Gravitas

《深度观察》：顶尖美国科学家为何奔赴中国

#Gravitas The world's brightest minds are becoming the newest battleground in the U.S.-China rivalry. The latest name to make that shift is Nobel prize-wng chemist Omar Yaghi. He has left the University of California, Berkeley, to join a public research university in Beiing, where he will lead a new institute that uses artificial intelligence to accelerate the discovery of advanced materials.

中美博弈的新战场，争夺全球顶尖人才。最新一位做出这一选择的知名学者是诺贝尔化学奖得主奥马尔・亚吉。他离开加州大学伯克利分校，入职北京一所公立研究型大学，将牵头新建研究院，借助人工智能加快先进材料的研发进程。

以下是印度网友的评论：

kimmosaman
china is focusing on Scientists Trump is focusing on war, sanction, tariffs, piracy, deportation they are walking different path

中国把重心放在吸纳科研人才上，特朗普却一心搞战争、实施制裁、加收关税、查扣商品、驱逐外籍人士，双方走的道路截然不同。

 

flamencoguy3000
Trump is focusing on hiding Epstein files

特朗普一门心思掩盖爱泼斯坦案的卷宗资料。

 

loc_loksewaonlineclasses
China has long term strategic planning..

中国具备长远的战略布局眼光。

 

柳橙汁-b9o
The direction of talent mobility is the direction of civilization.

人才流向何处，文明的发展重心就在何处。

 

Private-p3b
' Over 630 GB of confidential Apple iPhone 18 Pro data was leaked from Tata Electronics in India, exposing supplier details, component specifications, and prototype images. ' - google

谷歌消息：印度塔塔电子泄露超630G苹果iPhone 18 Pro机密资料，包含供应商信息、零部件参数以及真机原型照片。

 

paultze-h9k
A significant exodus of American-based scientists to China is accelerating, driven by US funding cuts, stricter immigration rules, and the lingering effects of the "China Initiative", while China offers substantial investment and attractive recruitment packages. Since 2010, nearly 20,000 scientists of Chinese descent have left the US, with the trend sharply increasing after 2018; in 2025 alone, over half of the 85 researchers who moved to China did so in that year. Key drivers include a proposed 36% reduction in US federal R&D funding under the Trump administration, a 75% rise in departures of Chinese-origin scientists linked to the "China Initiative" (a DOJ program formally ended in 2022 but with lasting chilling effects), and a Nature survey showing three-quarters of US-based researchers considering leaving. Prominent examples include Omar Yaghi (Nobel-wng chemist from UC Berkeley) moving to lead an AI institute, Liu Jun (Harvard to Tsinghua), Yang Dan (UC Berkeley to Beiing), Charles Lieber (Harvard to Tsinghua), Sun Song (UC Berkeley to Zhejiang), and Nobel laureate Gerard Mourou (to Peking University). China's "pull factors" involve heavy spending on science, competitive salaries (up to $1 million for some talent programs), and new visa initiatives like the K visa launched in 2026. Cambridge, Massachusetts (home to Harvard and MIT) is the primary source of returning Chinese researchers, with Beiing and Shanghai as top destinations. This brain drain could weaken US global leadership in critical fields like climate science, biotechnology, and AI. The US attempts to decouple from Chinese scientific ties, China’s heavy investment and ability to attract top global talent including Nobel laureates and Fields Medal contenders are resha the international research landscape.

大批在美国工作的科研人员正加速前往中国。背后原因是美国科研经费削减、移民政策收紧，加上“中国行动计划”带来的长期负面影响；反观中国，为科研投入巨额资金，还推出优厚人才引进福利。2010年至今，近两万名华裔科研人员离开美国，2018年后这一外流趋势大幅加剧；仅2025年，前往中国的85名科研人员里，过半都是当年动身。主要诱因有三点：特朗普政府计划将联邦科研经费削减36%；受“中国行动计划”影响出走的华裔科研人员数量上涨75%，该计划虽在2022年正式叫停，但寒蝉效应持续至今；《自然》期刊调研显示，四分之三在美科研人员都打算离开。

知名人才流动案例众多：诺贝尔化学奖得主、加州伯克利大学学者奥马尔·亚吉来华牵头人工智能研究院；刘军从哈佛转至清华、杨丹从伯克利赴北京、查尔斯·利伯从哈佛入职清华、孙松从伯克利前往浙江；诺贝尔物理学奖热拉尔·穆鲁也加盟北京大学。中国的吸引力在于高额科研投入、丰厚薪资，部分人才项目年薪可达百万美元，还有2026年推出的K类签证等全新人才引进政策。马萨诸塞州剑桥市，也就是哈佛、麻省理工所在地，是华裔科研人才回流的主要来源地，北京、上海则是他们首选落脚城市。人才持续流失，会削弱美国在气候科学、生物科技、人工智能等关键领域的全球领先地位。美国试图在科研领域与中国脱钩，但中国依靠高额科研投入，持续吸引诺贝尔奖得主、菲尔兹奖热门候选人等全球顶尖学者，正在重塑全球科研格局。

 

Coldbeer-s2y
Why they go to China and NoT India? China must be better !

为什么他们选择去中国，不去印度？肯定是中国条件更好！

 

Corteum
India is still develo. The US is un-develo. And China is out-develo.

印度还处在发展阶段，美国实力不断倒退，而中国发展势头一骑绝尘。

 

flagship21
you pay for what u get

付出多少投入，就能收获多少成果。

 

Anakin.Skywalker
Maybe because India is not inviting scientists to come over

或许是印度根本没有出台政策招揽科研人才。

 

dongiovanni8899
working for Indian CEO

给印度老板打工罢了。

 

Anil_Dikshit
When are US scientists heading to India ?

什么时候才会有美国科学家奔赴印度？

 

yours_sincerely48
Nope... Trump is deporting Indian back to India..

想都别想，特朗普一直在把印度裔人士驱逐回印度。

Jaychen-v7l
@yours_sincerely48 They go to Canada or Europe

他们都转去加拿大或者欧洲了。

 

elakstein
Never.

永远不会（去印度）。

 

ParkerAt941
Is this a question one should spend time to ask in his/her lifetime?

这种问题根本不值得花时间去琢磨。

 

NCM-xy8ow
Meanwhile Modi is cutting ribbon at temples and begging other countries for 'more visas'. Sad.

另一边莫迪只会到处参加寺庙落成剪彩，还到处求别国多给印度人签证，实在可悲。

 

chiew9253
Why aren't they moving to the bharat empire?

他们为什么不往印度这片土地跑？

 

stevekwan8232
Money, money, money and no regulations

原因就是钱、充足经费，还有宽松的科研管制。

 

ghy8415
Can India do the same to attract talents?

印度能照搬这套模式吸引高端人才吗？

 

theindependent7581
Because China can give free housing and other things while that wouldn't go in America because it would be a welfare substidy

中国能提供免费住房等各类福利，美国做不到，美国会把这类补贴视作过度福利政策。

 

Private-p3b
please send Apple, Tesla, Boeing to india !

赶紧把苹果、特斯拉、波音全都迁去印度建厂！

 

ankHank-fs1zr
Apple and Boeing have done so wheras Musk is too smart!

苹果和波音已经在印度布局了，马斯克精明得很，才不会这么做！

 

stevencher9968
Why would they go to the graveyard of corporations ?

企业谁愿意去印度这个投资坟场？

 

YogeshLovethoughts
Sharma with nita ambani and bijnor and my mother wow

夏尔马、妮塔·安巴尼，还有比杰诺尔，再加上我母亲，真是绝了。

 

WalkOverHotCoal
Besides funding issues, I think there is another unspoken dimension in this phenomenon. Without a shadow of doubt, these scientists are top shelf personnel to have on side. However, they feel that their talent is dwarfed by a super genius in the White House. Donald Trump makes them feel insignificant. So, the only way for them to shine is go to China where it is populated by peasants.

除了经费短缺，人才外流这件事还有一层没人明说的原因。毫无疑问，这些都是顶尖科研人才。可在白宫那位自视天才的特朗普面前，他们的才华完全得不到重视，感觉自己一无是处。所以想要施展抱负，他们只能前往中国，即便那边普通人居多。

 

greatlakes7942
Trump administration cut about 70% fundamental fundings, which resulted many top scientists to find alternative ways

特朗普政府砍掉近七成基础科研经费，逼得大量顶尖学者另寻出路。

 

WalkOverHotCoal
@greatlakes7942 One shouldn't be surprised by what Trump is doing to the scientific atmosphere. His own lack of intellectual adequacy plus the way he stacked his administration with money men who are just as dumb as F, are indications that he is going to strip bare the US of brainy people. Besides, the US society seems to descend into the same level as his for the fact that they actually re-elected him twice. That is NOT accidental, but intentional.

特朗普毁掉科研环境一点都不意外。他自身学识浅薄，内阁里又全是一群只认钱、毫无见识的商人，注定会把美国的顶尖人才全部逼走。况且民众两次投票重新选他上台，足以说明整个美国社会认知水准都跟着下滑，这绝非偶然，是大众主动做出的选择。

ankHank-fs1zr
@WalkOverHotCoal Said by a discriminatory adult over-aged kindergartener and a desi-lover. China produces between 3.5 million to over 5 million STEM graduates annually each year!

这番话出自一个心胸狭隘、幼稚至极，还一味偏袒印度人的人。中国每年能培养350万至500多万理工科毕业生！

 

hls-c2k
Did I hear that right? Shouldn't everyone be heading to India? Is this really the Indian media we know?

我没听错吧？按理说人才不都该涌向印度吗？这真的是印度媒体发布的报道？

 

David-mv6si
yes, good media report fact, not lies.

没错，靠谱媒体只会报道事实，不会编造假话。

 

CJ-ep1fg
This is very funny. Along with 90% of the comments.

这篇报道实在可笑，底下九成评论也一样离谱。

 

chongkt6469
Its not funny! What they develop there will eat your breakfast, lunch and dinner!

这一点都不好笑！他们在中国研发出的技术，未来会全方位碾压我们！

 

ConByHWei
US spending $$$$ for war. All president sponsored by military companies so all involved in making/ creating more wars to pay back those companies. The declining of an empire.

美国大把资金全砸在战争上。历届总统都靠军工企业资助上台，因此只能不断挑起战事，回馈军工资本。这就是一个帝国走向衰落的征兆。

 

dspirit2
Republicans are against STEM research because Universities are considered too "Woke". Therefore, they should be closed down.

共和党抵触理工科科研，他们觉得高校思想过于激进，甚至主张关停各类大学。

 

martinskelvin7939
Chinese retuning to china

华人科研人员纷纷回国发展。

 

ankHank-fs1zr
He is Palestinian-Jordanian

那位学者是巴勒斯坦裔约旦人。

 

timmiller2476
Lies. Lies and more lies. Downvote

通篇谎话，全是假的，点踩！

 

David-mv6si
you are the one that has confused lies with fact.

分不清真假的人是你自己。

 

senhan-l5g
calm down

冷静一点。