US universities losing hundreds of billions as top Chinese scientists and researchers go home

Video: US universities losing hundreds of billions as top Chinese scientists and researchers go home 中國頂尖科學家和研究人員回國，美國大學損失數千億

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Research and Development (R&D) is a major profit center for the top universities in the United States. Besides the nearly $100 billion they earn in grants from the US government and private sources, university-based researchers create patents and inventions that generate many more billions annually.

China is the largest foreign source of scientists and researchers, and they are concentrated in the hard sciences and in engineering, where over 95% of R&D spending takes place. But since 2018, Chinese scientists are increasingly deciding to return to China to set up new research departments. Of those who are still in the US, over 60% admit they are strongly considering moving, and over half now refuse to work on projects that involve funding by US government sources.

To American universities, the loss of these scientists, along with future contributions to scientific research and commercial applications and market value, are incalculable. But losses probably already exceed a trillion dollars, given the departures of so many top scientists in Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, medicine, biochemistry, materials science, nanotechnology, and quantum computing.

研究與發展（R&D）是美國頂尖大學的主要利潤中心。 除了從美國政府和私人來源獲得近 1000 億美元的資助外，大學研究人員創造的專利和發明每年創造數十億美元的收入。

中國是最大的科學家和研究人員外國來源國，他們集中在硬科學和工程領域，95%以上的研發支出發生在這兩個領域。 但自2018年以來，越來越多的中國科學家決定返回中國建立新的研究部門。 在仍在美國的人中，超過 60% 的人承認他們正在強烈考慮搬家，而超過一半的人現在拒絕參與涉及美國政府資助的計畫。

對美國大學來說，這些科學家的流失，以及未來對科學研究和商業應用以及市場價值的貢獻，都是難以估量的。 但考慮到人工智慧、大數據、醫學、生物化學、材料科學、奈米技術和量子計算領域眾多頂尖科學家的離開，損失可能已經超過兆美元.