The Rising Cross-Taiwan Strait Economic Exchange and Taiwan’s Science &; Technology Talents: Opportunity and Challenge

• Main Authors: Huang, Jialing, 黃佳琳
• Other Authors: Lee, Ming
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/wk6w7y

碩士 === 國立政治大學 === 亞太研究英語碩士學位學程(IMAS) === 102 === Globalization helps cross-strait economic exchange. China is transitioning from just being a “world-factory” to also being a “world-market.” Foreign investments have been flowing into China; foreign companies set up branches and factories in China. When Taiwanese enterprises move their production lines to China, Taiwanese S&;T talent needs to play roles in communications, training and skill transfers. Taiwanese investors and companies, however, have the advantage over their global competitors of sharing the same language and culture with China, which affords Taiwanese enterprises and talent (skilled workers) more opportunities than other countries. At the same time, there are some challenges that Taiwanese science and technology talent needs to face. The author will first describe the patterns of economic globalization in the world, especially between Taiwan and China. The author will then present some of the reasons that Taiwanese enterprises invest in China engage in science and technology work in China. The author will supplement the trend analysis with details from in-depth interviews with some Taiwanese industry S&;T workers to propose suggestions to Taiwanese professionals, to human resource management and for trans-national labor policy -- with a particular eye towards retention of talent and know-how and to avoid “brain-drain”.