Governance of High-Skilled Migration : the Case of Shenzhen

The subject of the research is the experience of the city of Shenzhen (China) in creating conditions for attracting talent. The results of monitoring the policies of the Shenzhen authorities are of interest to theorists and practitioners in the field of scientifically grounded management of the migration of highly qualified resources to stimulate the socio-economic development of countries and individual regions. An important aspect is the fact that the migration policy of the city and China as a whole is embedded in the overall logic of the country's socio-economic development strategy, and the management of migration processes is one element of an integrated system of state governance of the economy and social progress, which employs methods of strategic planning and a programmatic approach. The example of Shenzhen, where changes occur very rapidly and the city government promptly adjusts its policy based on information about the pace and quality of progress towards strategic goals, allows researchers to trace causal relationships in real-time between the dynamically changing city policy and its results. The sources include data from official socio-economic and demographic statistics of China, Guangdong Province, and Shenzhen, international statistics, information from relevant internet resources, as well as scientific publications from 2015 to 2025. To achieve the research objectives, general scientific research methods, a systematic approach, and comparative methods were used. The main conclusion of the research is that, due to the presence of well-thought-out and interconnected management strategies, a sustainable system has emerged in Shenzhen, where the elements support each other: an innovative economy and a comfortable environment for science, work, and life attract the best specialists to the city, while the influx of talented youth and professionals contributes to the growth of Shenzhen's economy and welfare. For the first time in Russian-language scientific literature, the work comprehensively presents relevant economic and demographic data, demonstrating the current state and dynamics of changes in Shenzhen in the context of implementing tasks to attract talented youth and highly qualified specialists to the city. Continued research into the experience of China and Shenzhen in the management of highly qualified personnel mobility is of interest for solving tasks related to creating reliable systems for assessing the effectiveness of migration policy.

High-skilled workforce, Migration policy, Migration flow management, Thousand Talents Plan, Qiming Plan, Innovation, Patents, Migration, China, Shenzhen