关键词: 智力回流, 动机, 制度质量, 制度距离, International Intelligence Return, Motivation, Institution Quality, Institution Distance

Abstract: With the rapid expansion of China’s international intelligence return, the impact of institutional factors on intellectual return has received great attention. By introducing institutional factors into the framework of the traditional intelligence return motivation theory, we use the 1992-2010 data of 68 host countries and regions to test the effects of institution quality and institution distance on the motivation of China’s international intelligence return. The empirical analysis shows that China’s international intelligence return mainly seeks for institution quality and lower institution distance. Finally, we suggest that the Chinese government should strengthen and improve the domestic talent system construction to attract international intelligence to return home, also further encouraging the international mobility of talents, especially the persons with high-quality human capital, is of great significance to implement China’s talent internationalization strategy.