Another Chinese Province to Blacklist Scientists for Job Hopping

China’s eastern province of Jiangxi will blacklist some scientists who change their jobs, including those working at universities, becoming the latest region to introduce punitive measures to curb job hopping amid fierce competition for university talent.

Those who are part of a talent program or heads of major scientific research projects can be blacklisted if they, without government permission, change their jobs during the tenure or in the middle of a project, according to a statement (link in Chinese) published recently by the provincial government.