US media: China will overtake the United States in the field of science and engineering-dominated scientific | | _ Sino-US relations news

The China Daily website, June 21 (Ou Ye) anyone who is watched the first manned moon landing video, or people who use the Internet will find science and technology innovation is the United States ' traditional strengths. However, according to the United States media reported on June 20, United States dominance in science and engineering will be overtaken by China.

From the United States and Beijing University, University of Michigan researchers to form a joint team to study the scientific and competitive advantage of China's growing, whose research is published in the latest edition of the United States National Academy of Sciences.

In their paper, the researchers analyzed from three aspects of China catch up with the United States the potential will become the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (collectively, the "STEM areas"), the undisputed leader. Writes in: "the United States National Academy of Sciences, the United States National Academy of engineering and the United States National School of medicine recently issued two reports, pointing out that United States can quickly lose its scientific leadership, bear the consequent negative economic impact. ”

　College graduates

In recent years, Chinese science major rendering speed, soaring trend in the number of college graduates.

College graduates in science and engineering degrees on the percentage of total national population, China and the United States is basically the same, but it falls far short of the magnitude of change, greatly increasing the number of university graduates in science, United States growth flat, do not seem ready to catch up.

In the United States in overseas students, Chinese students received doctoral degrees in science and engineering than in other countries. From 1987 to 2010, in the United States going into science and engineering degrees has nearly twice the number of Chinese students, up from 15,000 to 43,000 people.

　Workforce

United States population is far less than China, but areas of science and engineering workforce than China. However, the United States in the field of STEM Workforce gains slow and steady over the past 10 years, in this special area of China's working population is exploding.

Researchers say, China's fast-growing fields of science and engineering workforce due to China since 1999 with the enrollment policy.

　　Salary level

There is an important reason for this is that in terms of earning potential, a Chinese scientist is far better than United States scientists. In China, engaged in highly educated people working in the field of science than the equivalent but worked in other areas of high income, and the United States in contrast to the situation. For example, a United States law school time is shorter than the scientists with a doctoral degree, but they earn a lot more.

"When young people to career choices," researchers said, "if all other conditions are the same, compared to the United States for youth, there will be more Chinese young people willing to work in the field of science, because they will get a higher salary. ”

Wrote at the end of the article, benefited from a large population and the human capital base, leaning to the academic elite scientists in the labor market, the large Chinese diaspora and are willing to invest in the scientific fields of Central Government four factors, "China will continue to rise in the scientific field, but also need to guard against political interference and fraud led to difficulties."

(Original title: study: China to overtake the United States Chinese international-technology-chinadaily)

10:21 on June 21, 2014 The China Daily website