In recent years, China's scientific and technological strength has developed rapidly, but it faces an unavoidable problem: brain drain. According to statistics, as of the end of June 2022, there were 17,199 high-end foreign talents in Japan, of which high-end foreign talents from China accounted for 66%, far ahead of India and South Korea. In the field of artificial intelligence in the United States, the country has 60% of the world's top researchers, of which Chinese researchers account for 27%. At this time, we can't help but ask, what's going on? Why do Chinese talents always choose to go abroad?
With the continuous improvement of national strength and the emphasis on scientific and technological innovation, China's education system has also developed rapidly. Local top-notch students from top universities such as Tsinghua Peking University have already had countless successful cases around the world. However, excellent talents cannot withstand the pressure of all-round top academic quality, and many people will choose to study abroad to seek better and broader development space. However, for future career development, they seem to see a bright future overseas.
In China, despite the growing talent echelon, many talents struggle to find more viable positions here due to many considerations. On the contrary, the demand for high-end talents in overseas countries such as the United States is much greater than the supply. These overseas institutions have better research conditions, broader development space and a more complete mentor system, and for research talents in high-end fields such as AI and chips, they also attach more importance to overseas research opportunities. Therefore, this kind of brain drain has become a major obstacle to the development of China's scientific and technological innovation.
Of course, not everyone will choose to study abroad, but it is becoming more and more difficult for those who remain to find positions in China that integrate with their own development needs. Some industries are less in short supply of talent, while others need more talent. Therefore, even if they want to stay in China, their working environment is far from the international advanced level, which makes talents inevitably face the dilemma of going abroad for development.
The domestic government and academia are also very concerned about the loss of these outstanding talents. At the policy level, some preferential policies have been given in the hope of retaining more talents, but the reality often backfires. Because if the professional level and working environment of talents cannot meet their needs, then these policies will not be able to curb the brain drain.
In addition, while maintaining the competitiveness of high-end talents, China should also strengthen the introduction of foreign talents, especially those Chinese talents who have already made certain achievements overseas. They can not only integrate domestic talents, but also bring a broader international vision and advanced ideas in many fields.
To solve the problem of brain drain, the state needs to integrate multifaceted resources and provide more comprehensive policy development support. Whether it is the education system, enterprise institutions or government departments, they need to strengthen academic exchanges and cooperation, give play to their own advantages, and play an active role in the future development of science and technology. The solution of the talent problem is also inseparable from the strong cooperation of national forces and academia, only in this way can considerable results be achieved on the problem of brain drain in the future.
At the same time, we need to rethink whether the current education system is better able to produce competitive talent. Local universities should pay more attention to carrying out international educational exchanges and providing better educational resources, so as to provide students with opportunities and platforms to give full play to their talents. In addition, we also need to pay attention to practical problems and practical needs, liberate the cultivation of talents from the abstract space of theory, computer programming and other knowledge, improve the actual hands-on ability and innovative thinking of talents, apply knowledge theory to practice, and lay a solid foundation for future scientific and technological innovation.
In addition, we should create a more inclusive and open social environment where talents can use their talents and creativity more freely, rather than being hindered and restricted. The government can strengthen cooperation between science and technology and enterprises, and establish a training and retention mechanism for outstanding talents, so that high-end talents can better integrate into the domestic scientific and technological innovation system and achieve a win-win situation.
In the context of globalization, international cooperation is one of the important strategies for the development of scientific and technological innovation in any country. As the competition between China and the United States in science and technology becomes increasingly fierce, we need to seize the opportunity, strengthen cooperation and exchanges with other countries, learn from each other's strengths, and jointly promote global scientific and technological innovation and development. Only in this way can China's scientific and technological innovation move towards a broader development path in the future. Brain drain is a very serious problem for China's scientific and technological innovation and development, and we need to start from multiple angles, comprehensively strengthen the training and retention of talents, as well as strengthen international cooperation and exchanges, and work together to jointly promote the development of China's scientific and technological innovation. Only by achieving sustainable development and leading the frontier of global science and technology can we retain outstanding talents and make greater contributions to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.