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.

摘要： 随着中国智力回流规模的迅速扩大，制度因素对智力回流的影响问题逐渐得到重视。本文将制度因素纳入传统智力回流动机理论的分析框架，利用中国与68个国家和地区1992-2010年的智力回流数据，研究东道国制度质量、东道国与中国之间的制度距离等因素对中国智力回流动机的影响。研究结果表明，制度因素是阻碍中国智力回流的重要动机，不同发展水平东道国的制度质量对中国智力回流均具有显著的负面影响；中国智力回流存在明显的制度距离逃离现象，发达国家和地区的文化制度、法律制度和经济制度对中国智力回流均具有显著的负面影响，而不发达国家和地区的影响则不显著。加强并完善国内人才制度建设对中国吸引海外国人回国及人才国际化战略的顺利实施意义重大。

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