Published: 8:30pm, 17 Apr 2025Updated: 1:37am, 18 Apr 2025Around 400,000 postdoctoral students have trained in China over the past four decades, with annual enrolment more than tripling in 12 years amid an intensifying global talent race, according to latest figures from the Chinese government.AdvertisementWith over 8,800 postdoctoral research- and workstations across the country, the number of new recruits reached a record 42,000 last year, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said on Wednesday.That represents a more than threefold surge compared with 2012, when 12,500 people entered China’s postdoctoral programme, according to the ministry’s earlier figures.The postdoctoral system’s rapid...