Abstract: Since President Trump took office, U.S.'s unilateral policy to global talent flow and Sino-US talent exchange, accompanied by protectionism ground and populism arguments, has shaped. Moreover, such a policy has been strengthened and validated in the just past mid-term election. It forces China's transformation of overseas talent strategy, which involves in screening by the Big-Data technology, market deployment, attracting mainly by central cities. In this way, we can hold the institutional edge and international competitiveness, and achieve the strategic goal of "aggregating outstanding talents in the whole world and constructing the great power of talents".

Key words: new Sino-US contest pattern, overseas talent, strategic transformation