The Effectiveness and Problems of Talent Policy Implementation in China: Taking Major Talent Project as an Example

Abstract

In 2010, China released National Medium and Long-Term Talents Development Plan (2010–2020) and proposed 12 major talent projects. Based on the goals of these Talent Project, this paper divides twelve major talent projects into 40 sub-tasks and 56 task objectives. Through the logical framework method and statistical analysis, this paper compares the objectives with actual completion, and finds that although the major talent project as a whole is promoted in an orderly manner under the impetus of the ministries and commissions, there are still obstructions in policy implementation such as follows: document implementation, conflict of policies among various departments, lack of systematic design, etc., which means the policy lacks of systematic, persistent and stability. These reasons lead to the results that the less the leading departments are, the better the projects performed; the less complex the object talents are, the better the projects performed; some of the talent projects are even reduced as political achievement. The implementation of talent projects need to be further optimized and improved.