Report looks at benefits conferred by overseas Chinese

Many emigrants go to Silicon Valley to find careers in high-tech firms

BEIJING - The many Chinese who emigrated from the mainland in the three decades following China's opening-up have made great contributions to the world and conferred a variety of benefits on their new homes, according to a recent study on overseas Chinese.

The Blue Book of Overseas Chinese, which was released for the first time on Monday in Beijing, said one third of the founders or senior executives in Silicon Valley, the US technology hub, are of Chinese origin.