Historical Studies (Chinese Edition)

No.5, 2014

 

The Cold War and the Formation of the US Mechanism for Talent Attraction (1945-1960)

(Abstract)

 

Liang  Maoxin

 

The Cold War became the provenance of the US mechanism for talent attraction. Not only did it normalize the "talent deficit" of the US during World War II, but also had a twofold effect on the two-track policy to attract talents in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. With regard to refugees, different kinds of professionals were actually given priority by the US government in the name of humanitarianism. With regard to cultural communications with foreign countries, the US government cranked up the promotion of its political values while attracting overseas students and visiting scholars; it then created timely conditions for needed talents to stay permanently. By all these actions, the US has set up a whole talent mechanism which laid the foundation for the country's talent policy in the late 20th century.