CAAS has developed a set of policies to support outstanding agricultural talents both at home and abroad. The policies will assist with recruiting high-level talent, attracting and cultivating high-end science and technology talent while encouraging innovation and creativity.

The special policies of Interim Measures for Management of Special Support for Talent of CAAS Outstanding Talents are mainly extended to full-time researchers introducing to or working at CAAS and are classified in three categories: top talents, leading talents and young talents. CAAS provides these talents with research funds and annual subsidies.

For full-time (including contract personnel) staff who are mainly engaged in technology transfer and support service, the Implementation Plan of Special Support for Supporting Talent of CAAS and the Implementation Plan of Special Support for Transformative Talent of CAAS were issued. The selected candidates will be given a subsidy and special support in capability improvement, career promotion, project support, etc..

By the end of 2022, CAAS had 422 CAAS Outstanding Talent, among whom 16 were top talent, 258 leading talent, 103 young talent, 5 supporting young talent and 5transformative young talent.

The Elite Young Scientists Program is a high-intensity young science and technology talent introduction program initiated by CAAS in 2013 that promotes high goals and standards. The plan was listed as one of China's first 55 key initiatives aimed at recruiting high-level overseas experts and specialists in 2014. It now consists of two projects -- an introduction project and a cultivation project. It aims to attract both domestic and foreign high-level leading scientists and innovative talent in various disciplines who are under 40 years of age and have strong global perspectives.

In 2018, CAAS issued interim measures for the management of high-level talent introduction with flexible policies, providing support to such individuals in terms of staffing, project applications and research conditions. 

It aims to widen talent introduction channels and implement more positive, open and effective staff introduction policies. The policies ultimately strive to attract more high-level Chinese and foreign agricultural elites to serve the cause of the development of modern agriculture.