This poster presentation will focus on the experience of UK-educated Chinese students and their career prospects upon returning to China. After returning from UK education, much like returning from the Prince's ball, do they go back to their pre-UK life, or can the returnees' experiences enhance their employability and spirit of entrepreneurship, as their new talents bring about subtle changes in management and leadership, selecting the best of East and West? Expatriates are currently filling many gaps in the Chinese economy but it is hoped that returnees will gradually take over leadership. With support from the Prime Minister's Initiative (PMI2) strategic alliance and partnership projects, a study will be undertaken between 2008 and 2009 on entrepreneurship and employability, with funding from the British Council. The Leeds Business School and the College of Business at Zhejiang University of Technology will examine the skills and training needs of the burgeoning Chinese economy in Zhejiang and explore opportunities for collaboration between Leeds and its twin city Hangzhou in such sectors as digital industries, advanced manufacturing, public services, transportation and the financial sector, through documentary analysis and semi-structured interviews. The study will also include an analysis of the career experiences of Chinese students on the collaborative Master's in the International Trade and Finance Programme, which has been running in both Leeds and Hangzhou for a number of years.