On the afternoon of March 30th, at the Beijing International Youth Innovation and Development Forum (YID Forum) of the 2025 ZGC Forum, the 14th "Beijing Tour for Overseas Talents" organized by Beijing Overseas Talents Center officially commenced. The first event was held concurrently. 12 heads of overseas Chinese students' associations from countries such as Germany, France, Canada and Spain, and 12 outstanding overseas talents in related fields, were invited to visit Beijing for exchanges and cooperation.
The "Beijing Tour for Overseas Talents" is an international talent exchange and cooperation brand created by Beijing municipality, which serves as a crucial channel for overseas talents to connect with Beijing and develop in the city. Since its establishment in 2010, the event has been successfully held for 13 consecutive years, providing services to 76,000 overseas talents from countries and regions such as the United States, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Singapore.
The "Beijing Tour for Overseas Talents" this year will transition from traditional centralized events to an online-offline hybrid model, establishing a year-round matchmaking platform for continuous engagement. The online services are provided through the "Contact Beijing •Global Network for Innovation Services (GNIS)" website (www.gnis.org.cn), which has already listed more than 6,000 international job positions from a wide range of enterprises and institutions, including JD.com, Meituan, Xiaomi, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Bank of Beijing. Based on their professional interests, overseas talents have access to communicating with potential employers at any time. The offline activities will focus on key areas such as artificial intelligence, biomedicine, and intelligent manufacturing. Four exchange and matching activities will be jointly held by relevant organizations with regional cooperation. Overseas talents can participate in the offline activities through the process of "self-registration—recommendation by related organizations—selection—targeted invitation—matching on site".
Established in 2021, the YID Forum has successfully hosted three annual editions and has emerged as a vital platform for international youth talent exchanges and policy announcements in Beijing. The forum aims to gather youth innovators, stimulate their innovation vitality, build consensus for promoting global innovation resource sharing and support the global development of international youth talent.
