Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/29
By Wang Cheng-chung and Elizabeth Hsu

Taipei, July 29 (CNA) Taiwan is experiencing a severe imbalance in talent inflows and outflows, with the majority of Taiwanese leaving the country to work having higher education degrees that qualify them for professional jobs, while most foreigners working in Taiwan are non-professionals, a government research report indicates.

The number of Taiwanese working in foreign countries increased from 662,000 in 2009 to 728,000 in 2016, according to a July report reviewing manpower policy, published by the Budget Center at the Legislative Yuan.

Among Taiwanese working overseas in 2016, 534,000, or 73.4 percent, were college or university graduates, or those with higher academic degrees, the report said.

In contrast, the number of foreign professionals working in Taiwan has risen much more slowly, from 27,319 in 2008 to 30,928 in 2016, the report said. However, only 2,634, or 8.52 percent, were high-ranking executives at oversea Taiwanese-invested or foreign companies, the report added.    [FULL  STORY]