This program is a national-level talent introduction project in China and one of the three major high-level talent introduction systems in the country.

The Provincial Overseas Young Talent Project aims to attract and encourage outstanding young scholars from overseas (including non-Chinese foreign talents) who have achieved good results in natural sciences and engineering technology to work in Shandong.

The Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Overseas) aims to attract and encourage outstanding young scholars overseas (including non-Chinese foreign talents) who have achieved remarkable results in natural sciences, engineering and technology to return to (or come to) China for work. Scholars may independently select research directions to conduct innovative research, promote the rapid growth of young scientific and technological talents, cultivate a cohort of outstanding academic backbones with the potential to reach the global frontier of science and technology, and contribute to building China into a scientific and technological powerhouse.