Deng Feng, founder of Northern Light Venture Capital

It is quite difficult for returnees to readapt to Chinese society. They have to pay the price of learning the reality of China first. China is not Silicon Valley, where a person can start a business as long as he has the right technology.

In Silicon Valley, you can hire professional managers or lawyers to help you. However, China's entrepreneurial environment is quite different.

In China, a CEO should master many skills. Technological entrepreneurship is not as widespread here.

How can returnees quickly adapt to this new environment? This process requires long-term efforts.

Li Zhichang, director of personnel for Guangzhou Municipal Government

Creative talent can make major achievements in scientific research. How can they begin an undertaking with these achievements? Who can support their companies at the initial stage?

From my perspective, governmental support is very important. The problem is that enterprises cannot find support at their inception.

However, after they have become relatively mature, they will find that they can obtain many resources from both society and the government. There needs to be continued support for a company at different stages of its development.

Han Xiaohong, president of Ciming Health Checkup Group

There was no entrepreneurial environment for us when we came back to China. At that time, we didn't know how to search for resources or ask for governmental support. We could not find policy or institutional support.

In my view, governments should build a platform through which entrepreneurs can exchange ideas and ask for help.

Time is the most important thing for entrepreneurs as their energy is limited. They should know how to get support from governments without wasting time.

Chen Xiqing, vice minister of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, party secretary of the China Western Returned Scholars Association

Since China's reform and opening-up, China's private enterprises have developed rapidly. They have played important roles in promoting China's economic and social development. Currently, most of these have already finished their capital accumulation. However, the mode of their development is still quite extensive. They are at the low end of the global industrial chain. These enterprises are lacking in brand core technology. Therefore, they need transformation and upgrading.

Returnees and private enterprises complement each other.

On the one hand, returnees have international horizons, innovative ideas, and advanced skills. With them, they can help research and development and private enterprises' transformation and upgrading.

On the other hand, private enterprises have relatively solid financial strength. They can create good environment for returnees.

Therefore, if returnees and private enterprises join together, they can take advantage of each other's strengths.

Liu Ke, vice president and chief technology officer at the National Institute of Clean & Low Carbon Energy

I have lived in the US for more than 20 years. After returning, I started the National Institute of Clean & Low Carbon Energy. For my part, returnees with advanced ideas should think about how we can help improve China's environment.

How can we make China's sky bluer and China's water cleaner? We should pay more attention to environmental and energy problems.

The modernization of enterprises is the foundation of national modernization. China will accomplish this in a true sense when both our State-owned enterprises and private sectors have companies with firm social responsibilities.