A recent post on X drew attention to 'China’s genius program', pointing out that founders and senior leaders of some of the country’s biggest technology companies emerged from these programs. Often described loosely as “China’s genius program,” these pathways are credited with producing founders of some of the country’s most powerful companies, from social media giants to semiconductor challengers.
The reality is more nuanced and more deliberate.
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China does not run a single nationwide initiative officially labelled a “genius program.” Instead, it operates a small, tightly controlled ecosystem of elite gifted-education tracks, many of them linked to top universities and specialised schools.
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