China has revived its effort to recruit foreign-trained scientists to bolster its tech prowess, following a two-year halt. The scheme, previously known as Thousand Talents Plan and now named Qiming, offers lucrative benefits like home-purchase subsidies and signing bonuses of US$420,000 to US$700,000. The program focusses on scientific and tech fields, including sensitive areas like semiconductors. US. authorities view such programs as potential threats to its tech supremacy and national security.