In the United States, many big Chinese companies are also vying to take root there, trying to study U.S. advanced technology, managerial expertise and development opportunities on the one hand, and channeling U.S. products into China's huge market on the other hand.

China's leading home appliance manufacturer Changhong, a newcomer in intelligent technology, opened its R&D center in Silicon Valley early this year after years of elaborate investigation.

Besides doing research, Changhong's U.S. center focuses on the investment and incubation of startups by providing funds, equipment and a venue in the United States and its manufacturing capability and distribution network in China.

Pan Jiantao, manager of Changhong's U.S. R&D center, said, "I usually tell people that the cooperation with Changhong is not just a cooperation with an investor, but a cooperation with a manufacture parter, market partner, strategic analyst parter and so on. There are various cooperation models with the U.S. company."

Similarly, the U.S. research center of China's largest commercial retail enterprise Suning functions not only serves as a lab, but also as a channel for U.S. companies to access the Chinese market. The smart bracelet of the U.S. Misfit company has been on sale in China through Suning's network.

Baidu, the largest Chinese search engine in the world, opened its research center in Silicon Valley three years ago, and has been devoting itself to a world innovation center.

Baidu pays great attention to contact and communication with local scientific and technological circles, winning the admiration and respect of local people.

Bryan Catanzaro, senior researcher at Baidu's Silicon Valley AI Lab, said, "It wasn't until later as I learnt more about Baidu that I got more excited about working at Baidu." This is "not just because of the great people that are doing amazing research, but also because I find it really exciting to be part of the dynamic, really fast growing Chinese Internet ecosystem."

"One of the reasons that I'm here is because I care passionately about artificial intelligence... Baidu is one of the leaders in artificial intelligence research," said Catanzaro, who worked at NVIDIA Research before.

One could indeed say that China's overseas research centers have succeeded in connecting China with the world, yielding win-win results for both China and other countries.