The Chinese government will build a sustainable mechanism for senior foreign experts to give suggestions for China's development, said the country's top official in charge of foreign experts' affairs.

Zhang Jianguo, head of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, said his administration aims to promote its foreign experts recommendation project, which was launched last year, into a new "think tank" for the central leadership.

Zhang made the remarks on Thursday to some 30 participants, including foreign experts and officials from his administration, at a working conference on the project held in Qingdao, Shandong province.