A BRAND new Futian Grads Home for overseas returnees officially opened its doors at Shenzhen Sunflower Apartments recently, offering free stays to overseas returnees with master’s degrees or above from foreign countries, Hong Kong, Macao or Taiwan.

Also eligible are high-caliber talents who are academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering or are part of Shenzhen’s “Thousand Talents Plan.”

The Futian Grads Home program was rated in December 2017 as Shenzhen’s first and only national-level model youth home. So far, the program has provided services to over 6,610 people, mostly graduates from domestic universities.

According to Luo Gengbiao, head of the Futian District Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, during the initial stage, the grads home will offer applicants at least five days at Sunflower Apartments. Eligible applicants can apply via the “Futian Qingnian” WeChat account (WeChat ID: futianqingnian). Once approved, they can enjoy a free short stay at the grads home.

During the 13th “Five-Year Plan” period, Futian District will invest no less than 1 billion yuan in introducing and serving talents, in its bid to attract more high-end talents. (Yang Mei)